![]() ![]() Flowers: Flower Color: Cream/Tan Green Pink Purple/Lavender Red/Burgundy White Flower Inflorescence: Solitary Flower Value To Gardener: Showy Flower Bloom Time: Spring Winter Flower Shape: Cup Flower Petals: 4-5 petals/rays Colored Sepals Flower Size: 1-3 inches Flower Description: Single, cup-shaped, terminal flowers (2 to 3 inches in diameter) with five showy, usually overlapping petals (or sepals), Some species come in a double flowered form.Cultural Conditions: Light: Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day) Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours) Soil Texture: High Organic Matter Loam (Silt) Soil pH: Alkaline (>8.0) Neutral (6.0-8.0) Soil Drainage: Good Drainage USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b.Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial Perennial Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Broadleaf Evergreen Habit/Form: Clumping Multi-stemmed Maintenance: Low Texture: Medium.Play Value: Attractive Flowers Edibility: Toxic if ingested. Attributes: Genus: Helleborus Family: Ranunculaceae Life Cycle: Perennial Recommended Propagation Strategy: Division Seed Country Or Region Of Origin: Europe, Morocco, and temperate Asia Distribution: Introduced to the Ireland, Norway, east and west coast of the United States.Tags: #evergreen #low maintenance #spring flowers #winter interest #herbaceous perennials #hybrids #flowers early spring #winter flowers #poisonous if ingested #perennial 'Anna's Red', 'Frostkiss Pippa's Purple', H. See this plant in the following landscape: Juniper Level Botanic Gardens: Part Sun-Part Shade Gardens Cultivars / Varieties: Crown rot and leaf spot are occasional problems. These plants can be grown in mass plantings in shady locations or where the clumps will slowly spread through self-seeding.ĭiseases, Insect Pests, and Other Plant Problems: Deer and rabbits tend to avoid this plant. Hybrid hellebores are often grown from seed, but plants will take two years to bloom when grown from seed. Established plants can become congested, but can be divided in late summer to early fall. Cut back flowering stems after bloom to promote new foliage growth. You should site the plant where it is protected from cold winter winds. The foliage is evergreen, but it may become scorched and tattered in extremely harsh winters. Hellebores do well in organically rich, well-drained, alkaline soils in light to moderate shade. The genus name comes from the Greek words bora meaning "food" and helein meaning "injures/destroys" in reference to the plant’s toxic leaves, stems and roots which are poisonous to humans if ingested. The leaves are evergreen and dark green, glossy, leathery, deeply-lobed, and often toothed. Blossoms usually appear on the tips of the plant's branched stems in late winter extending into early spring. They are noted for producing single, cup-shaped flowers (typically 2 to 3 inches in diameter) in a large variety of colors, including various shades and tints of white, pink, red, purple, and yellow. Hellebores, sometimes commonly called hybrid Lenten roses or hybrid winter roses, typically grow to 12-15” tall. The genus contains 22 species and many hybrids that are commonly grown in gardens for their evergreen foliage and winter or early spring-blooming flowers. ![]() Hellebores are a genus of bushy, clumping, flowering perennials in the Ranunculaceae family native to Europe, Morocco, and temperate Asia. Phonetic Spelling hel-eh-BORE-us This plant has high severity poison characteristics. ![]()
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