Helleborus viridis WM.0234

£16.50

Flowering sized plants.

Despatched October-March

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Description

Helleborus viridis was formerly included within the range of variation of what is now H. occidentalis. It shares some features with that plant (as well as with H. bocconei). However H. viridis has a more southerly range and is found mostly in N. Italy and surrounding alpine regions. It is larger than H. occidentalis with flowers that open out flat and there are also a series of minor botanical differences, such as less serrate leaves which have deeper divisions and which have hairs below. It also has longer seed follicles.

It flowers in late winter and very early spring and carries hanging racemes of flat faced, lizard-green flowers. Whilst it is not common in gardens this is an attractive plant thriving in a moist, fertile soil and half-shade, especially in drier climates where excess dryness in summer can induce premature leaf-dormancy.

Raised from seed of an original Will McLewin collection.

Helleborus viridis
Helleborus viridis