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Helleborus × hybridus
Lenten rose
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This hellebore features gently nodding mid-winter flowers that may be white, purple, yellow, green, or pink. The handsome palmate, leathery, green foliage is great in combination with ferns and hostas in the woodland garden. One of the classic winter-blooming plants, it looks especially good planted under winter- and early spring-flowering deciduous shrubs like witch hazels, Viburnum x bodnentense ‘Dawn’, Cornus mas, or any of the colored twig dogwoods. Also interplant with Cyclamen coum and early flowering minor bulbs like snowdrops, crocuses, scilla, and eranthus. Cut foliage to the ground in December so that flowers are displayed unobstructed. Lenten rose will spread by seeding and exceptional plants can be divided in November. Hellebore breeders are constantly improving this hellebore, so buy them in flower so that you can choose the brightest and most clear colors. Double-flowering types are quickly making their way into the marketplace as well. This adaptable, satisfying plant is a must for every garden. |
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Grow Lenten rose in semi-shade. It has average water needs during the growing season and is drought tolerant once established. It is not particular about soil but does best in clay. |
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Helleborus hybridus grows approximately eighteen inches high and two feet wide, forming large clumps as it matures. |
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USDA zones 5 to 10 |
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