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TK, here in NC pansy will stay from October or November until the sun wilts them in June or July. Johnny never did get mine out this winter but it sure is nice to have that color all through the winter. They'd probably do well where you are.

I have one helleborus. It blooms while it's still cold. I only bought one because they're kind of expensive at Lowe's. $6.00 a plant.

If you want a beautiful, good smelling, shrub a daphne a dora is wonderul. It blooms in February and smells delicious.

I have some of the helleborus seeds that I planted this fall. But with a 5 to 18 month sprout time it will be a long time before I know wether they are going to become plants lol.

Tell me about the daphne a dora. I'm not really suppose to plant any shrubs but I figure if they are small I can probably get away with it. Are they drought tolerant?