Helleborus sternii Fire and Ice Bog Garden Plants that's bovine excrement to you

that's bovine excrement to you city folks

The 8" flower spike emerges in early spring and contains up to a dozen flowers

A patch of Sarcococca x confusa is composed of upright

the foliage changes to green (viridescent)

Helleborus sternii Fire and Ice Bog Garden Plants that's bovine excrement to youHelleborus 'Fire and Ice' is a 2001 introduction from the defunct Collector's Nursery. The new foliage of this elegant form of Helleborus x sternii (argutifolius x lividus) emerges at the top of the 1' tall stems and is speckled white with a pink overlay as the new growth emerges quite stunning, especially in spring. These are seed grown, so each plant is slightly different.