Helleborus hybridus Double Green Spotted

Helleborus x hybridus Double Green Spotted has perfectly shaped double flowers, resembling water lilies, in a delightful colour that fluctuates between water green and almond green, lightly dusted with cinnamon brown at the base of the petals. This variety blooms from February to April and embodies the renewal of spring in the heart of winter. It is also a robust and very hardy perennial that can be grown in borders, under shrub beds, in mixed borders and in pots. Easy to grow, even in heavy soil, it thrives in partial shade or non-burning sunlight.

Native to Greece, Turkey, and the central and eastern Caucasus, the Oriental Hellebore, sometimes called Lenten Rose, is a perennial plant from the ranunculaceae family that hybridizes very easily with other species, giving hybrids with varied colours and shapes. No variety names are given to these hybrids; they are distinguished by shape and colour characteristics. The Oriental Hellebore is a hardy plant that can withstand temperatures as low as -15°C (5°F), naturally growing in forests, thickets, and clearings up to an altitude of 2,000 m (6,562 ft). The Double Green Spotted variety forms a compact, leafy clump of 40 cm (16in) in all directions. It consists of palmate, slightly toothed, dark green and shiny, evergreen basal leaves 30 to 40 cm (12 to 16in) long, composed of 7 to 9 leaflets. In reality, they only live for 8 months and are regularly replaced by new leaves.

Between February and April, a bunch of single, cup-shaped, inclined flowers with a diameter of 4 to 5 cm (2in)  and four rows of petals increasing in size from the centre of the flower to the outer part of the corolla forms. They are inclined downwards, letting water slide off like an umbrella, to protect the heart of the flower from rotting. Hellebore is a bushy plant that does not like to be moved once established, with young plants taking some time to bloom. The seeds are sown by ants.

Use hellebores as elements of an ancient tapestry, mixing them with understory plants with brighter colours. They are highlighted when planted near Pieris, moderate-sized rhododendrons, under conifers (especially on wind-exposed sites), and surrounded by primroses, wood anemones, corydalis, dicentras, cardamines, or spring-flowering bulbs and snowdrops. You can also accompany them with ferns and shade irises to create a beautiful contrast a little later in the season. They can be planted in groups near the entrance of the house, in a shaded area, to fully enjoy their early blooming. They are suitable as cut flowers and in flower beds, borders, or even containers... Over time, Hellebore flowers do not wilt like the majority of other flowers, they dry up.

Each seed-sown hellebore has a unique flower colour, so slight colour variations may exist between two plants, which is normal and inevitable. However, if the difference is too significant and alters the desired effect, we will refund or replace the plant in question.