Helleborus x hybridus Mrs Betty Ranicar

Pure white double blooms produced in great numbers on each plant.

This stunning, heavily double, snow white hellebore is very special, extremely vigorous and floriferous (up to 100 blooms on a mature plant). Mrs. Betty was found by chance in a garden in Tasmania and named after a fine Tasmanian plantswoman. This is a seed strain with an almost 100% chance of double flowers. Deer resistant. Perennial Plant of the Year 2005.

Common Name:  Lenten Rose

Family:  Ranunculaceae (The Buttercup Family)

Zone Hardiness:  5-9

Light:  Full Shade, Part Shade, Part Sun

Height:  12-24"

Width:  12-24"

Primary Bloom Colour:  White/Cream

Secondary Bloom Colour:  Blue

Bloom Time:  Late Winter - Early Spring

Foliage Colour:  Green

Class:  Evergreen

Type:  Perennial

Soil Moisture:  Moist, Average

Stem Colour:  

Fragrance:  No

Berries:  

Benefits:  

Deer Resistant:  Unknown

BC Native:  No

Native Habitat:  

Award:  GPP

Geographical Origin:  Europe and Western Russia, Garden Origin