Helleborus sternii Plant Delights and Juniper Level Botanic Garden Introductions The 3' tall stalks are

The 3' tall stalks are adorned with up to eight downward-facing flowers

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usually in fairly dry soils

waxy foliage on a clump that can easily cover an area 4' wide

Helleborus sternii Plant Delights and Juniper Level Botanic Garden Introductions The 3' tall stalks areHelleborus x sternii is a hard to find evergreen hybrid of Helleborus argutifolius x Helleborus lividus that resembles Helleborus argutifolius in it's stemmed form, and with toothed edges to the silver mottled, trifoliate leaves. From the Helleborus lividus genes, the hybrid has a shorter stature, usually 1 1. 5' in height. In late winter, the clumps are topped with 6" terminal flower stalks of light green bell like flowers flushed with pink.