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    Photo by JLBG taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC

  • Image of Helleborus argutifolius 'Snow Fever' PP 23,880|Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC|JLBG

    Photo by JLBG taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC

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Helleborus argutifolius 'Snow Fever' PP 23,880

Snow Fever Corsican Lenten Rose

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Item #: 10478

Zones: 7a to 8b

Dormancy: Evergreen

Height: 12" tall

Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade

Origin: Corsica

Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)


(aka: Helleborus COSEH 900) Helleborus argutifolius 'Snow Fever' has been a lovely surprise in our trials, sailing though our cold winter of 2013/2014 unscathed while all other Helleborus argutifolius forms were killed to the ground. The patent application lists Helleborus 'Snow Fever' as a cross of two seedlings, but there is obviously much more to this than they disclosed. To us, Helleborus 'Snow Fever' appears to be a tetraploid form of Helleborus 'Janet Starnes'. Whatever its background really is, it's a dramatic improvement over any other form of Helleborus argutifolius. Helleborus argutifolius 'Snow Fever' makes a 1' tall x 15" wide clump of extremely thick, trifoliate, heavily white speckled foliage. The clumps are topped, starting in early March, with terminal clusters of upright creamy flowers.