Helleborus lividus 'White Marble'
(Majorcan Hellebore 'White Marble')

Family - Ranunculaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Hardiness - H4
Height - up to 45cm
Width - up to 30cm
Location - The Woodland Walk

Description: An Evergreen Perennial with a bushy habit. Attractive, trifoliate leaves have Elliptic to oblong leaflets that are dark green and marbled white. Bowl-shaped flowers are pale green, each Bloom has pale yellow Anthers and nectaries at the centre. The flowers are held in Cymes and produced from midwinter into early spring.

Flower:

Pale green, bowl-shaped flowers have pale yellow anthers and nectaries. The flowers are held in cymes and produced from January into March.

Flower colour: Green

Flower shape: Bowl-shaped flowers in cymes

Flowering time: January, February, March

Foliage:

Leathery, trifoliate leaves have oblong to Elliptic leaflets with serrate margins. The leaflets are dark green with prominent white veins.

Foliage Senescence: Evergreen

Foliage Shape: Trifoliate with elliptic to oblong leaflets

Poison Information:

Will cause discomfort if ingested.

Propagation:

Division.

Cultivation:

Best in partial shade in moisture retentive soil that is well drained. Helleborus lividus 'White Marble' prefers a soil that is neutral to alkaline.