After showing many of the hybrid hellebores, here’s where they started. Flowering now at JLBG is one of our Balkan collections of the stunning Helleborus multifidus ssp. hercegovinus, which we grow for the foliage. This clump was started from a single division of a special plant we found in Montenegro…just after we crossed the border from Bosnia. The small green flowers are typical for the species. This is a slow-growing, summer-dormant species, which is why your rarely see it offered. If these are growin from garden seed, you get all kinds of hybrids, but almost never any with the stunning foliage of the true species.
If you’ve never read any of our plant expedition logs, here is a link to our Balkan travels where this gem was found.
I have a Hellebore that looks very similar to this plant . It’s a little taller and multiplies like crazy. Would love to send a picture of it vis text or facebook to help identify it a little more.