Helleborus argutifolius

Common name: Corsican Hellebore

Description: Helleborus argutifolius is a robust and handsome evergreen hellebore producing bold, spiny, grey-green leaves that provide excellent year-round structure in shaded borders. From late winter through to spring, the plant bears large clusters of nodding, cup-shaped pale green flowers on strong, upright stems. One of the longest-flowering hellebores, it provides a valuable display at a time when little else is in bloom and is an outstanding plant for dry, shaded conditions under trees. Deer and rabbit resistant.

Other benefits: long winter-to-spring flowering, excellent for dry shade, deer and rabbit resistant, striking seed heads

Wildlife attraction: bees and early pollinators in late winter and spring

Height & spread (approx.) at 10 years: 80cm x 80cm

Position: partial shade to full shade

Soil pH: neutral to alkaline; tolerates chalky soils

Moisture: well-drained; tolerates dry shade once established

Winter hardiness: cold hardy to -15°C