Helicodiceros muscivorus Helicodiceros producing huge 4' tall flowering

producing huge 4' tall flowering spikes adorned with thick

(where it hasn't been documented) near the town of Clayton

creamy white edge

near-white flowers

This single white strain of helleborus x hybridus was developed by Heronswood Nursery before the name was hijacked and hauled to Pennsylvania

Helicodiceros muscivorus Helicodiceros producing huge 4' tall floweringYou can bet this common name wasn't coined by a Wall Street marketing firm. Helicodiceros, an easy to grow first cousin to the famed aroid Dracunculus vulgaris, grows on rocky coastal cliffs on the Mediterranean Islands of Corsica, Sardinia, and the Balearics. The offsetting tubers give rise to the 1' tall, duck foot shaped, green, three dimensional foliage which emerges in very early spring. Later in spring, the spectacular tan and purple speckled