Botanical Name: Helleborus lividus corsicus
Common Name: Corsican Hellebore
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright clumping mass with coarse textured foliage; forms a slowly spreading, cushion-shaped mass with flowers held slightly above foliage
Height 2 to 3'
Spread 2 to 3'
Growth Rate slow - moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoor part shade to shade - takes more sun than other hellebores
Soil prefers a well-amended, acidic to neutral soil
Hardiness hardy (zones 4 - 24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves trifoliate, leaflets obtuse, leathery, coarsely serrate at margins, blue-green in color; spiny texture
Flowers cup-shaped chartreuse flowers to 2" across with unusual split pistil, many yellow stamens – petals and sepals are persistent
Fruit fused follicles
 
Propagation:
division and seed
 
Usage:
good low filler under trees, mixes well with temperate forest landscapes, azaleas, camellias and ferns; good cut flowers; good in mass plantings
 
Landscape Care:
Watering likes regular watering but becomes drought tolerant when established
Fertilizing acid fertilizer in spring
Pruning remove dead leaves and flowers
Pests/Diseases root rot where drainage is poor
Special Conditions/Other hellebores are very poisonous
 
Origin: Balearic Islands
Family: Ranunculaceae

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