Hellebore Garden Design
Arguably it s one of the less interesting hellebores to grow despite the promise of its name.
Hellebore garden design. Hundreds of winter blooming hellebores adorn their garden and nursery showcasing their expertise in breeding new hellebore varieties. Milky green helleborus argutifolius or corsican hellebore is useful in a green garden or green and white garden. For landscape craftsman jerry fritz helleborus x hybridus hybrid lenten rose are staples in the landscapes he designs for his clients.
Helleborus niger also known as the christmas rose is rarely in flower at christmas and is not a rose. Once a capsule opens the dark oval seeds can spill out in a matter of hours. Most hellebores feature an evergreen foliage which remains handsome year round and provides multiseason interest.
Just as the season is getting tedious hellebores emerge to quietly remind us of wonderful things ahead. With more than 20 species either evergreen or herbaceous helleborus suits a relaxed garden but also can stand at attention under a line of pleached limes. If you re tired of looking out the window at a dormant winter landscape have i got a plant for you.
The elegance of hellebore is head and shoulders above any other winter flower. Hellebore plants are among the earliest perennial flowers to bloom welcoming spring with their rose like blossoms. It s aka lenten rose or simply hellebore.
In warm locales helleborus orientalis can bloom outdoors at christmastime. It has palmately divided leaves of a dark blue green color that contrast nicely with other big leaved shade plants like hostas. The most popular hellebore varieties are the lenten roses helleborus x hybridus or helleborus orientalis which are hardy to usda 4 9 and available in a rich array of colors including pink purple red white green apricot and.
Just when we need them most hellebores fill our winter garden with moody purples dusky greens peachy pinks and bright whites and i look forward to their delicate blooms all year long. In colder zones hellebores will break through the frozen ground early in the spring. Hellebores are among the earliest and certainly the most exquisite flowers in the spring garden until recently however named varieties were all but impossible to find.