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Ranunculaceae
Bear's-foot
Helleborus foetidus
Also known as Stinking hellebore, Dungwort, Setterwort, Helleborus foetidus var. balearicus
Native Plants · Hellebore · Shade Plant · Winter Flowering · Evergreen Perennial · Woodland Garden · Toxic Plant · Helleborus · Green Flowers · Low Maintenance · European Native
Bear's-Foot (Stinking Hellebore) is a tough, shade-tolerant perennial that provides welcome late-winter to early-spring interest with its clusters of pale green, bell-shaped flowers. It performs best in humus-rich, well-drained soil under trees or in a shaded border, and is remarkably drought-tolerant once established. All parts are highly toxic if ingested, so keep away from children and pets.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, allowing the top inch of soil to dry slightly between waterings; avoid waterlogging · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7.5–8
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Austria, Baleares, Belgium, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Sicilia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle
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