Helleborus Hellebore - Lenten Rose

Hybrid Hellebore are clumping, late winter-blooming perennials with a wider variety of bloom colors and usually sold by color rather than cultivar name.  Hybrid Hellebore are evergreen with leathery deep green leaves. The long bloom season lasts for 8- 10 weeks with clusters of large nodding cup-shaped rose-like flowers with conspicuous yellow stamen from winter into spring.  Best bloom in dappled sun and moist well-drained soils.  Attracts butterflies and pollinators.  All parts of the plant are toxic if ingested.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:   Low maintenance.  Leaf spot and crown rot can be an occasional problem.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Hosta, Lungwort, Baneberry

IMAGES: Wildfeuer, 2007-02-15Helleborus08, CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) Wildfeuer, 2007-02-15Helleborus09, CC BY-SA 3.0, (3) Bohemian Baltimore, Frightful Flora - US Botanic Gardens 11, CC BY-SA 4.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.