Description
I prefer to use the common name for this species: bear’s foot hellebore (allusion to the leaves) because the other one doesn’t do justice to it; actually it is not stinky at all unless the foliage gets bruised.
A beautiful evergreen plant for a cold climate, with deeply divided, dark green foliage and light green, small nodding flowers in early spring. Like with other Hellebores, the flowers remain attractive for a very long time. A location with good drainage is essential for this species to thrive and even self-seed around (sun to part-shade).
Germination: Helleborus seeds require first a period of warm/moist stratification followed by a cold period to germinate well. This means sowing during the summer (depending on the location by July-September) in order to germinate in the spring, after a cold period (winter). Seeds sown in late fall/winter will germinate in the second spring (maybe in lower percentage).
Please read more: Growing Helleborus from seeds.
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