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Helleborus (any H. x hybridus, H. orientalis, or H. niger variety) are bushy, clump-forming, evergreen or semi-evergreen perennials with leathery, toothed, deeply lobed, dark green leaves, sometimes mottled, and, in winter and/or spring, upright stems bearing single or double flowers in shades of pink, purple, green, yellow, and white.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Helleborus x ericsmithii 'HGC Shooting Star' (Hybrid hellebore 'HGC Shooting Star')
Other names: Lenten rose 'HGC Shooting Star', Christmas rose 'HGC Shooting Star', Helleborus x ericsmithii 'Coseh 790', Helleborus x ballardiae 'HGC Shooting Star', Helleborus 'Shooting Star'
'HGC Shooting Star' is a mound-forming, evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial with leathery, divided, toothed, dark grey-green leaves and erect, dark stems bearing outward-facing, saucer-shaped, pink- to green-flushed, creamy-white flowers from mid-winter to mid-spring.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Helleborus x sternii (Hybrid hellebore)
Other names: Stern's hybrid hellebore, Hybrid lenten rose
H. x sternii is a clump-forming, evergreen perennial with purple-flushed, biennial stems bearing pinnate leaves divided into three broadly elliptic, toothed or entire, veined, dark grey-green leaflets and clusters of nodding to outward-facing, pink- to purple-flushed, light green flowers from late winter to mid-spring.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Epipactis palustris (Marsh helleborine)
Other names: Marsh orchid, Marsh epipactis, Helleborine palustris, Limodorum palustre
E. palustris is a terrestrial, rhizomatous, deciduous orchid with oblong to ovate, mid-green basal leaves and, in summer, an erect stem bearing narrowly lance-shaped stem leaves and a one-sided raceme of veined, purple-brown to reddish-brown flowers, greenish-white on the reverse with a yellow-marked, white lower petal. Flowers are followed by brown seed capsules containing tiny, dust-like seeds.
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1.5m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Epipactis gigantea (Giant helleborine)
Other names: Stream orchid, Poor man's lady slipper, Epipactis americana, Helleborine giganteum, Arthrochilium giganteum, Amesia gigantea, Chatterbox
E. gigantea is a terrestrial, rhizomatous, deciduous orchid with upright stems bearing ovate to lance-shaped, bright green leaves and, from spring to early summer, loose, terminal spikes of nodding, yellow-green, often purple-flushed flowers with recurved upper petals and maroon to purple-brown veins.
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1.5m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Helleborus 'Moonshine' (Hellebore 'Moonshine')
Other names: Lenten rose 'Moonshine', Helleborus x ericsmithii 'Moonshine'
'Moonshine' is a clump-forming, evergreen perennial with leathery, deeply lobed, dark grey-green leaves and upright stems bearing outward-facing, greenish-white to yellow-green flowers in late winter and early spring.
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1m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Helleborus x nigercors 'Alabaster' (Hellebore 'Alabaster')
Other names: Hybrid Lenten rose 'Alabaster'
'Alabaster' is a vigorous, clump-forming, evergreen perennial with leathery, divided, mid-green leaves and, from midwinter until mid-spring, short stems bearing clusters of flat, green-flushed, creamy-white flowers.
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0.9m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Helleborus multifidus subsp. hercegovinus (Ferny hellebore)
H. multifidus subsp. hercegovinus is a clump-forming, deciduous perennial with erect stems bearing leaves divided into numerous linear, toothed, veined, mid-green leaflets, hairy beneath. Cymes of pendent, cup-shaped or conical, green flowers bloom in late winter and early spring.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Helleborus x hybridus primrose-flowered (Lenten rose primrose-flowered)
Other names: Helleborus x hybridus primrose, Hellebore primrose-flowered
Primrose-flowered is a bushy, clump-forming, evergreen or semi-evergreen perennial with leathery, deeply lobed, dark green leaves, and from late winter to late spring, upright stems bearing nodding, cup-shaped, primrose-yellow flowers.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Helleborus x nigercors 'Emma' (Hybrid Lenten rose 'Emma' )
Other names: Hybrid hellebore 'Emma' , Helleborus x ericsmithii 'Emma'
'Emma' is a compact, clump-forming, evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial with leathery, deeply lobed, dark green leaves and upright stems bearing outward-facing, saucer-shaped, white to pale yellow flowers from mid-winter to mid-spring.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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