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HELLEBORUS No garden should be without one of these as they bring a touch of classic beauty into the barrenness of late winter with evergreen foliage and elegant flowers. Sun/Shade. argutifolius Large, soft green, cupped flowers with long stamens are held in clusters above a mound of serrated deep green leaves. 75cm (2.5ft). Mar-April. AGM. £4.80 BUY NOW foetidus Wester Flisk Soft green, bell-shaped flowers, rimmed with maroon, borne in bunches on maroon stems above long grey-green leaves. 75cm (2.5ft). March-April. £6.40 Sorry sold out niger (Christmas Rose) The classic hellebore. White flowers with distinctive stamens and dark green leaves. Not very evergreen. 45cm (18in). Feb-Mar. £5.10 BUY NOW orientalis (Lenten rose) Beautiful flowers, freckled with maroon dots, nod above a clump of finger-like dark green leaves. As they are seed raised these are usually pale pink or white. 60cm (2ft). February-March. £5.10 BUY NOW purpurascens Delicious small maroon flowers with lemon stamens held demurely above deeply cut foliage. Charming. 30cm (1ft). Mar-April. £6.40 BUY NOW |
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