Hellebores in the Gardens

Some special Hellebores
Deer are a constant challenge in the arboretum. They think our plants are a buffet planted especially for them. Deer don’t eat Lenten Roses (Helleborus sp.).Because of this, we are creating a hillside of Lenten Roses in the woodland garden, which is
below the wildflower garden. The Lenten Roses are beautiful this year. There are several unusual ones in our garden.

Heronwood Double Purple
(Helleborus x ‘Heronwood Double Purple’) has a double purple
flower with two rows of petals instead of the normal single
row. Heronwood Double Pink (Helleborus x ‘Heronwood
Double Pink’) has a double pink flower. Heronwood Slate
Lenten Rose (Helleborus x ‘Heronwood Slate’) has a charcoal
gray flower.

Ivory Prince Lenten Rose (Helleborus x ‘Ivory
Prince’) has a pink to maroon bud that opens into an ivory
colored flower that ages to apple green with blushes of rose.
The foliage is what really distinguishes this Lenten Rose. The
leaves are steel gray-green with burgundy highlights, pale
green veins, and held on maroon stems.
All these hybrid hellebores are sterile and must be propagated vegetatively.