nibbling at the hellebore

[greenfinger]

Which garden guest is nibbling at this hellebore? The patterns have regular roundings.

[ideasguy]

My RHS A-Z Encyclopedia lists slugs in the Pests and Diseases section for Helleborus.

Heres a web page with info on possible pests:
http://www.gardenworld.co.uk/hellebore3a.asp

Heres a good tip. Grow them in pots, to best provide their natural requirements:
http://www.gardenworld.co.uk/hellebore3a.asp
Theres atip there if you really want a Christmas Rose to be in bloom on the day!

I di the above seaches iusing the text "vine weevil helleborus" as I suspected those charming little creatures to be involved.
The larvae may damage the roots.

This site may explain the reason for your pretty pattered leaves:
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/IPM/greenhs/htms/perren.htm
Look under Black Vine Weevil and find this:
Look for C-shaped leaf notching

and on the trail, heres an article about the Black Vine Weevil:
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/imp/modzz/00001742.html

Got that page from a link on this page:
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/imp/modzz/modzzb.html
Thought it woud be a good idea to book-mark it here. Folow the links for some very good info.








 

[greenfinger]

Good source of info, George, but I think I'm going to ignore these bad creatures. If I understood it well they can do the most of harm when the plants are potted. Perhaps better not going for that Christmas rose in bloom