Latin
Name: Helleborus Orientalis
Type:
Perennial
Location:
Fletcher Moss
Ultimate
height: 50cm
Ultimate
spread: 60cm
Located
Helleborus Orientalis height: 40cm
Leaf
Shape: Lanceolate shaped, green in colour.
Bark:
Tough stem, dark green in colour.
Preferred
soil type: Moist but well-drained chalk, alkaline soil.
Fruit/Flowers:
Pink in colour, numerous spots of darker shaded pink on petals.
Distribution:
Native to Greece and/or turkey
This particular Helleborus Orientalis is located along
side a hard pedestrian footpath in close proximity to a man made pond. It is
surrounded by other various shrubs and trees and is in very good condition. The ground
conditions were moist and very loose. I took a sample of lower level soil and
carried out soil pH tests which read to have a pH of indicating the soil to
be
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| My illustration of the Hellebores Orientalis |
some good sketches but this one not quite so good
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