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Helleborus x hybridus |
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| Synonym(s) |
Helleborus orientalis |
| Common name |
lenten rose |
| Family |
ranunculaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
different (multi-)colors |
| Size |
2' |
| Light |
part shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
From seed  |
sow fresh seed in summer to germinate the following winter/spring. dry-stored seed will need warm/cold stratification cycles to germinate.
detailed seed-starting info below
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| Seed ripens | late June |
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| Helleborus orientalis and its hybrids are commonly known as lenten roses, for their early-spring bloom. Indeed, they are among the first flowers to show their stuff in our garden, with the first blooms usually appearing toward the end of March. The first one we had that bloomed for us is pictured above. It arrived as a tiny seedling in an envelope from the Netherlands, from a generous fellow gardener. Since then, many seed-grown ones have joined the fold.
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| | March 2005: buds brimming with promise |
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| | April 2005: Four years after receiving seeds from fellow HPS/MAG gardener Nancy, several of the resulting plants are blooming. I like this one especially. |
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| | 'Metallic Blue Lady' features very dark purple flowers with a slight sheen |
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| | This one was grown from a seed strain named 'White Picotee'. One of the prettiest ones in our garden. |
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| | Grown from seed for 'White Lady' (first year it flowered) |
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Chantale | Feb 22, 2005 | Your garden must be beautiful, you have beautiful and different flowers.
Please can you help me my husband and me we just buy a house in destin florida and in the front of the entrance door I have a space in the shade about 5'long I am looking for someting 3'to 4' hight with flower I just love flowers can you suggest somes flowers?
Florida has such a different climate from mine that I'd be hesitant to make a recommendation. This spring, watch what you like in your neighbors' gardens - that's often the best way to decide :-) |
- Seed from Fall '03 trade, seeded to pots in early November '03, left at room temperature until mid-January, then set outside. Germination noticed in May '04. Varieties pink/white (50%G), dark red (50%G), H. orientalis ssp. guttatus (13%G).
- Seed for purple variety from '06 garden. Baggy 70F (8w) - 35F (10w; 67%G, 6-10w) - 70F (no further G, 15d)
- Seed for 'White with spots' from NARGS '09/'10 exchange, moist-packed. Baggy 35F (100%G, 3-5w)
- Seed for 'Goldfinch' from NARGS '11/'12 exchange, moist-packed. Baggy 35F (100%G, 5w)
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