Pacific Northwest Gardening: What's blooming in January?, 1 by

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H. lividus needs a little more sun and Excellent drainage! It's also a little bit less hardy in our climate. According to the guy at Plant Delights, it's because our summers are not that hot. I thought I had lost one last year, but it struggled back.

So remember last year when many of us went up to Heidi's place and bought tons of hellebores? The ones she bought in bulk from the real Heronswood? Here is that really dark on that they used in their breeding program. I only had a number on it and I bought it in a 5 gallon pot. This is the darkest hellebore I have ever seen in my life. I have to underplant this with something the color of Creeping Jenny that isn't Creeping Jenny. It definitely needs something to make it stand out. I think it's my favorite hellebore today.