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The Enduring Late Winter Flower

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Jan Johnsen
Mar 09, 2025
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I planted these gorgeous ‘jade tiger’ winter jewels hellebores - Jan

What is evergreen, deer resistant, thrives in shade, has flowers and comes back every year for decades?

You could answer Andromeda (Pieris) - but it doesn't really like shade. Perhaps you answered Hakonechloa (Japanese Forest Grass) but it doesn't have flowers. Daffodils are not evergreen. Grasses, Boxwood and sedges don't meet this criteria either....

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