adm writes


Thanks. I can confirm after all the replies that it does indeed appear to be
Hellebore foetidus - aka Bear's Paw or Stinking Hellebore. I suppose the
reason I never thought it flowered was that the flowers were green......

The flowers are tiny and in the centre of the green bracts (the petally
things), which stay on when the flowers are over and the seeds form.

It's an uncommon british native as well as being grown as an ornamental.
--
Kay