Helleborus foetidus Leather and Lace Lespedeza so we're thinking it should

so we're thinking it should be winter hardy to Zone 8b/9a if grown in a site that provides dry winter conditions

with heavily branched terminal panicles of mauvy-lavender virtually unspotted flowers

with darker vein and a white ring near the pouch opening

when happy

Helleborus foetidus Leather and Lace Lespedeza so we're thinking it shouldHelleborus foetidus 'Leather and Lace' started at Plant Delights Nursery as a couple of oddball seedlings we pulled out of our Helleborus foetidus 'Krenitsky' strain, and subsequently introduced as a strain in 2015. The dark, black green foliage of what we subsequently named Helleborus 'Leather and Lace' is more deeply cut than any form of Helleborus foetidus we've ever grown. The 20" tall x 3' wide evergreen clumps are topped with the typical 10"