Helleborus × hybridus 'Pine Knot Best Strain' [sold as Pine Knot Best Strain Hellebore]
Pine Knot Best Strain Hellebore

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 Flower Notes:
Cup-shaped flowers (typically 2-3” diameter) with showy, usually overlapping petals.
 Foliage Notes:
Dark green, glossy, leathery, deeply-lobed, often toothed, lanceolate to elliptic shaped leaves.
 Fruit Notes:
Seed-bearing capsules develop after the flowers fade.
 Ultimate Height:
1-1.5' feet
 Ultimate Spread:
1-1.5' feet
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 Soil Notes:
Best grown in organically rich, fertile, humusy, alkaline, medium moisture, well-drained soils.
 Maintenance:
 Purdue Plant Doctor
Parts and Problems of Lenton Rose, Christmas Rose, Hellebore
  Special Characteristics:
  • Groundcover 62
  • Showy Flowers 79

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