Helleborus x hybridus MG Slate Shades/Blue Bayou
The Mardi Gras Slate Shades offer cool, slatey, blue purples with a quality all their own. Every garden should have a slate-coloured hellebore. The Mardi Gras Series is bred by Charles Price of Seattle whose work predates that of most American breeders. The colours are bold, the flowers are large and well-formed and the plants are strong and vigorous. Deer resistant. Perennial Plant of the Year 2005.
Common Name: Lenten Rose
Family: Ranunculaceae (The Buttercup Family)
Zone Hardiness: 5
Light: Part Sun, Part Shade, Full Shade
Height: 18-24”
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Blue
Secondary Bloom Colour: Purple
Bloom Time: Late Winter - Early Spring
Foliage Colour: Green, Burgundy/Red/Purple
Class: Evergreen
Type: Perennial
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist, Dry
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits:
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat:
Award: GPP
Geographical Origin: Europe and Western Russia, Garden Origin
