Hellebores
from
Pine Knot Farms
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About Pine Knot Farms Dick
and Cole Burrell and I are very proud that our book on
hellebores won the AHS Book of the Year. Click on the Amazon link
below for information.
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  Helleborus x ericsmithii
A wonderful 3 way cross between
H. niger and H. xsternii ( H. argutifolius and H. lividus). We quite
often have trouble blooming H. x sternii in our Zone 7 garden. The
cold will freeze the stems and leave the flowers to bloom on
leafless stalks. We do not have this problem with H. x ericsmithii
and quite honestly, I do not know why this happens. We offer a
number of clones since they can be very different. Each time the
cross is done the same parents are used, the individual parent
plants are particular to the breeder. Therefore each named
hybrid has a different appearance , some have more pink, while
others more cream in flowers. Flower shape can be rounded as
the niger parent or more star shaped as the sternii parent.
This is still untested in US gardens so not much is known yet about
hardiness, we know it will succeed in zone 6-9, but should be
carefully sited in colder areas. H. x. ericsmithii is sterile and
does not produce seeds.
Zones
6-9 See About Hellebores for complete
Zone information
4" $10.00 1 qt.
$20.00
Pine
Knot Farms 681 Rockchurch Road Clarksville Virginia, 23927 phone
434-252-1990 fax
434-252-0768
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