Helleborus argutifolius
Helleborus argutifolius, the Corsican hellebore, is the largest of all hellebores up to three feet tall with apple green flowers.
Description:
Helleborus argutifolius is the dramatic evergreen architectural Corsican hellebore that rewards one with exquisite cup-shaped, apple-green flowers in late winter and early spring. Use as a fantastic entrance-way focal point or plant it in view from a window where you can see the flowers lighting up even the darkest and rainiest of spring days. Prefers more sun than H. x hybridus and niger. In the wild found only on the islands of Sardinia and Corsica. Deer resistant.
Common Name: Corsican Hellebore
Family: Ranunculaceae (The Buttercup Family)
Zone Hardiness: 6-9
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade
Height: 2-4'
Width: 2-3'
Primary Bloom Colour: Green
Secondary Bloom Colour: Green
Class: Evergreen
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Late Winter - Early Spring
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist, Dry
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Shorelines, roadsides, woodland, maquis, exposed mountain tops, hillside pastures and occasionally in stream beds.
Award: GPP, AGM
Geogrpahical Origin: Europe and Africa - Europe and Western Russia
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