Helleborus x hybridus
(Lenten Rose)
Family - Ranunculaceae
Category - Perennial
Hybrid Parents - Helleborus orientalis crossed with other species
Season of Interest - Spring, Winter
Hardiness - H7
Height - 45cm
Width - 45cm
Location - The House Border, The Spring Garden, The Stumpery, The Walled Garden, The Woodland Walk
Description: Evergreen, clump-forming Perennial with leathery, dark green palmately lobed leaves. Single or double bowl to saucer-shaped flowers, often with prominent stamens and nectaries, vary in colour and are found in shades of yellow, green, white, pink, purple or red and can be speckled. Flowers can be nodding or upright and are produced from midwinter into mid-spring.
Flower:
Single or double bowl to saucer-shaped flowers can be nodding or upright. Flowers are usually in shades of yellow, green, white, pink, purple or red and are often speckled and may have prominent nectaries and stamens. Flowers are produced from February into April.
Flower colour: Pink, purple, red, white, yellow, green
Flower shape: Bowl to saucer-shaped flowers
Flowering time: February, March, April
Foliage:
Palmately lobed leaves are dark green and have a leathery texture. The leaves are held at the base of the plant.
Foliage Senescence: Evergreen
Foliage Shape: Palmately lobed with lanceolate leaflets
Poison Information:
This plant is toxic if ingested.
Propagation:
Seed, division.
Cultivation:
Best in partial shade to shade in fertile, well-drained soil.