Helleborus iburgensis Sally s Shell PP 28038 Musella and as a laundry soap

and as a laundry soap and shampoo

They bloom for about six months but are not self-cleaning and the spent flower stalks are retained until a tidy minded gardener comes along and trims them off

Musa 'Mekong Giant' is a seedling selection made by our friend Brian Williams

The medium-sized

Bees are the top pollinators for all hostas

Helleborus iburgensis Sally s Shell PP 28038 Musella and as a laundry soapHelleborus x iburgensis 'Sally's Shell' is the latest in the Winter Angels series of sterile Helleborus niger hybrids from England's RD Plants. Helleborus 'Sally's Shell' forms a 15" tall x 2' wide clump of silver veined, dark, evergreen foliage. Starting for us in mid February (NC), the clumps are topped with 15" tall spikes of outfacing flowers, white with a blush pink border, giving the overall garden effect of light pink.