Helleborus argutifolius Snow Fever PP 23880 Endangered Plants The 1' tall green pitchers

The 1' tall green pitchers emerge in the early spring

Like its parent Hosta 'Spritzer'

occurred at the University of California Santa Cruz Arboretum

an English naturalist from the 1700s

you'll notice a cute little pink cup holding a light pink priapism

Helleborus argutifolius Snow Fever PP 23880 Endangered Plants The 1' tall green pitchers(aka: Helleborus COSEH 900) Helleborus argutifolius 'Snow Fever' has been a lovely surprise in our trials, sailing though our cold winter of 2013 2014 unscathed while all other Helleborus argutifolius forms were killed to the ground. The patent application lists Helleborus 'Snow Fever' as a cross of two seedlings, but there is obviously much more to this than they disclosed. To us, Helleborus 'Snow Fever' appears to be a tetraploid form of Helleborus