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GROWING WITH EDUCATION (Continued)

Jewels® ‘Apricot Blush’ has various
shades of peach, yellow and apricot
with dark rose edging, veining and/or
dark apricot speckling. The vigorous
plants grow 18 inches tall by 22 inches
wide with dark green, deeply lobed
foliage and tall flower stalks that allow
the nodding cup shaped apricot peach
flowers float over the leaves. Helleborus
Winter Jewels ‘Black Diamond’ has
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dark green compact, palmate foliage
with dark purple almost black flowers.
Each flower is unique with shades of
slate purple, purple burgundy, rich
red burgundy, and sometimes a thin
line of light red edging, all held aloft
above the foliage and outwardly facing
with a bright white crown of stamens. Gold Cinnamon Snow
Plants grow 8-12 inches tall and 24 inches by 24 inches. Helleborus Winter dark red nectaries and a dense crown
inches wide. Helleborus Winter Jewels Jewels® ‘Fire and Ice’ had double ice of stamens. Helleborus Winter Jewels
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‘Cherry Blossom’ glows in the dappled white flowers with scarlet red picotee ‘Onyx Odyssey’ holds its 3-inch wide
shade with large 3-4 inch semi double edging and bright chartreuse centers. double saucer shaped blooms aloft
flowers. The large white tepals are Some of the pointed tepals have dark over dark almost black palmate foliage.
veined and edged dark pink with cherry pink veins and all are crowned with The frilly double flower hold 15- 20
red starbust center of nectaries and a pale green stamens. The plants can tepals in shades of black, dark purple
crown of white stamens. The nodding grow 18 – 24 inches tall and 24 inches and slate edged with dark purple
flowers are held aloft the green foliage wide with notched palmate foliage. and a center of creamy pale yellow
that grows 18 inches tall and 24 inches Helleborus Winter Jewels® ‘Golden stamens. Plants grow 18 inches tall and
wide. Helleborus Winter Jewels ‘Ruby Lotus’ has nodding double flowers in 22 inches wide. Helleborus Winter Jewels
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Wine’ is a beautifully formed single shades of bright sunny yellow to pale ‘Peppermint Ice’ is another variety
flower in rich shades of burgundy and yellow, some with red veins or edges that went from a double delicately
wine red tepals, centered by chartreuse and some sport a chartreus center eye. pink edged white flower with softly
nectaries and crowned with white These plants grow 12 – 15 inches tall rounded tepals to an improved, more
stamens. Plants grow 8 – 12 inches tall and 24 inches wide with blueish green symmetrically balanced, double flower
and 14 inches wide. palmate leaves and sturdy green stems with glowing bright pink peppermint

Helleborus Winter Jewels also has holding the flowers. Helleborus Winter edges and veins on a soft white
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a number of spectacular double Jewels® ‘Jade Tiger’ double flowers are background. The flowers nod on sturdy
flowering tepals. Helleborus Winter jade green highlighted in dark red in stems, showing off the pink peppermint
Jewels® ‘Cotton Candy’ has fully veins and edges with a central crown on the backs of the tepals. The plants
double light pink edged and veined of white stamens. Each flower is slightly grow 18 inches tall and 22 inches wide.
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tepals with darker pink flowers and different and as each flower matures Helleborus Winter Jewels ‘Red Sapphire’
a light green center. The flowers look the colors change. ‘Jade Tiger’ is one of features double flowers of symmetrical
fluffy and you can almost smell the the Northwest Garden Nursery’s plants pointed tepals in a solid red-rose
sugar. Each 3-4 inch nodding flower that they have improved, creating color edged with dark burgundy
is slightly different giving more depth bright and clear Jade green tepals with and crowned by creamy stamens.
and interest to the plant that grows 24 dark red purple picotee edging and The blooms nod on sturdy dark red

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