Helleborus 'Pacific Frost' web special

Helleborus 'Pacific Frost' web specialThis new hellebore has new growth in the spring that is very textured with a heavy frosting of white, giving it a variegated look. As with the species argutifolius, the leaves have a soft spiny edge texture. The plant is vigorous, and will grow wider than tall. The flowers are ivory in color and are produced in masses in late winter and early spring. Evergreen and hardy to zone 6a. Note: the frosty variegation is on the new growth only, and goes away

and purplish-browns

so we are not sure which parent contributed most to the suburb foliage

offering a fresh

'Glauca Procumbens'

but is still a wonderful columnar accent for the garden

The deeply bullate

off a deck say

Needs some room

but the new growth can be pruned to make the plant very compact

The foliage progresses from a deep purple in spring

When in bloom

The green spring and summer leaves turn reddish purple in the autumn