With exquisitely doubled flowers in a range from dark plums to lemony yellows, a group of these Hellebores planted together reminds us of an Elizabethan court gathering. Choose a site along a woodland path or at the base of shrub plantings for an early-spring party of your own. One plant, our choice of color.

Northwest Garden Nursery, the creation of Ernie and Marietta O'Byrne, is a mecca for gardeners seeking choice and rare perennials, including Hellebores. The nursery is surrounded by extensive gardens, in which the combinations of flowers and foliage, shapes, and textures prove the O'Byrnes to be not only great plantsmen but also gifted designers. For those who cannot make the trip to Eugene, Oregon, we are delighted to offer a half dozen of their Hellebores, the result of more than a decade of hand-pollinated crossing and selection using seed strains from Europe, the U.S., and Australia.