Mangave Painted Desert PP 31630 Spring ephemerals Helleborus x hybridus 'New York

Helleborus x hybridus 'New York Night' is Walters Gardens hand pollinated seed strain that produces dark purple/slate black flowers

The clumps are topped with 5' tall scapes of near-white flowers in early summer

and has multiplied very well compared to many of the more commonly grown pedicellate trilliums

or in an outdoor bog garden

Mangave Painted Desert PP 31630 Spring ephemerals Helleborus x hybridus 'New YorkDescribing xMangave 'Painted Desert' is like trying to quantify the colors of a desert sunset. This fascinating mangave was created by plant breeder Hans Hansen by combining the genes of two Mexican agave species, Agave macroacantha and Agave nizandensis, with the purple spotting from a manfreda. Each long, narrow, rubbery leaf of the 1' tall x 2' wide clump is olive green and heavily spotted purple, on top of the muted gold central band a fascinating