Helleborus niger

Plant (HPS Number P08821)

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Date donated: 19th Mar 2018
Donor: Michael Parr

RHS Number and Name Designation (if any): 8575 - accepted name

Date added to the website: 23rd Mar 2023
Date updated on the website: 19th Dec 2024

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Helleborus niger linked to 7 articles

Hurrah for Hellebores – Propagating Hellebores

Hurrah for Hellebores – Using Hellebores in a Variety of Garden Styles

My Wildlife Allotment March 2022

My Wildlife Allotment February 2022

On a Chalk Hillside January 2020

On a Chalk Hillside April 2019

Cuttings from the Flower Garden February 2017

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A Flower for Every Day by Diane Bellerby
Publication: Cornucopia
Edition: 54: Autumn 2024

Hellebores: the Unkindest Cut? by Margaret Lynch
Publication: Cornucopia
Edition: 56: Autumn 2025

The Glass Menagerie by Colin Crews
Publication: Cornucopia
Edition: 54: Autumn 2024

Hepatica nobilis, which Colin grows from seed, keeping the seedlings under glass during winter

Welcome from the Editor by Clare Foggett
Publication: Cornucopia
Edition: 54: Autumn 2024

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Hybrid Hellebores in the Lakeside Garden

Eco Plant Whisperer – April 2023

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