Helleborus foetidus Krenitsky Dicentra looks like a "Peter Pepper"

looks like a "Peter Pepper" on steroids

Manettia cordifolia is one of our favorite warm-climate vines

hand-shaped leaves

though in the humid eastern US they tend to bloom continuously from spring into fall

and no cutting back until spring

Helleborus foetidus Krenitsky Dicentra looks like a "Peter Pepper"This seed strain of Helleborus foetidus was shared with us by Chapel Hill NC plantsman Tom Krenitsky. Visitors to the garden have marveled at the exceptionally dark green, very serrate leaves, so we introduced it as a named seed strain in 2007. As with all Helleborus foetidus, the plants grow vigorously the first season forming a 20" tall stalk, clothed in dark green, hand shaped leaves. After the second winter, the clumps are topped with 2' tall