Hellebore
- Botanical Name
- Helleborus x hybridus
- Hardiness
- Zones 4 to 9
- Height
- 18 to 24 inches
- Width
- 24 to 30 inches
- Flowers
- Late winter - early spring: many colors, single or double
- Light
- Part to full shade
- Soil
- Well-drained, dry tolerant
- Planting & Care
- Space plants 24 inches apart
- Problems
- None serious, black spot & crown rot
- Varieties
- Helleborus x niger - earlier bloomer, duller leaves with less serrations. Great variations in flowers, hardy zones 3-8
- Helleborus x ballardiae 'Pink Frost' - burgundy stems support silver frosted leaves; the upward facing flowers are a combination of white, pink and deep rose
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