Helleborus x hybridus WJ Double Slate
Helleborus Winter Jewels Double Slate offers greyish slate purple double flowers.
The Double Slate strain offers double slate blue flowers that are a rich purple overlain with greyish purple that can look like grey-blue. The colour of dark Helleborus lasts for months, even into summer. Plant Double Slate with lighter coloured hellebores to help show off the dark tepals. This gorgeous hellebore strain comes from the Winter Jewels Series bred by Marietta O’Byrne, one of the best hellebore breeders in the world. As with all strains the exact colour and flower shape will vary. Deer resistant. Tolerant of shade but best in part shade to part sun. Perennial Plant of the Year 2005.
Common Name: Lenten Rose - [HH Pre-Order]
Family: Ranunculaceae (The Buttercup Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-9
Light: Full Shade Part Shade Part Sun Spring Winter
Height: 8-12"
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Black
Secondary Bloom Colour: Purple
Class: Evergreen
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Late Winter - Early Spring
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat:
Award: GPP
Geographical Origin:
