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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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