Morning Eye Candy: Cabernet, Complementary

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on April 7 2013, by Matt Newman

They may not put on a show of the usual “spring spectrum”–pinks, bright yellows, all the pastels of new growth. Honestly, they’re a little menacing with their velvety, claret petals. But the flagrant elegance of these hellebores comes in handy when the bright green varieties need balancing out.

Helleborus orientalis ‘Optimism’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen