Berrybank Nursery, 5 Boggs Holdings, Pencaitland, East Lothian, EH34 5BA

Veratrum nigrum

Common Name: 'Black false hellebore'

AGM. This is a dramatic plant for a shady border with large, open spikes of tiny dark star-shaped, reddish-brown flowers rising above a dense clump of highly attarctive broad, pleated leaves. Aug-Sep. H90cm S60cm.

Care Instructions

Grow in a moist, but well-drained preferably humus-rich soil in sun or partial shade out of the wind. 

Plant No: 3029

About Us

Macplants are a long-established, family-run business. We are central/southern Scotland's largest growers of herbaceous perennials, alpines, ferns and ornamental grasses and have our plant centre open to the public in East Lothian, close to Edinburgh. We also supply a diverse range of trade clients both in the landscape and garden centre sectors.

Our Contacts

Berrybank Nursery,
5 Boggs Holdings,
Pencaitland
East Lothian
EH34 5BA

01875 341179