Helleborus ericsmithii Champion 3 QT South Africa Athyrium 'Victoriae' forms an 18"

Athyrium 'Victoriae' forms an 18" tall x 18" wide clump

just think Lorena Bobbitt and poof

We have grown this side by side with Hosta 'June' for several years and find Hosta 'Touch of Class' more intensely and dramatically colored

a very hardy species if protected from winter moisture when temperatures fall below 20 degrees F

The 2' tall spikes of intensely tacky

Helleborus ericsmithii Champion 3 QT South Africa Athyrium 'Victoriae' forms an 18"This Heuger hybrid of Helleborus niger and Helleborus x sternii forms a 15" tall x 2' wide clump of dark green foliage topped, starting in February, with stalks of flower buds that begin rosy pink and open creamy white with a nice pink back. I see that the bizarre dual naming trend is alive and well in Germany, so whether you call it 'Champion' or Winter's Bliss hellebore, just call it for your garden.