Helleborus x hybridus WJ Harlequin Gem
Helleborus Winter Jewels Harlequin Gem offers double flowers sporting green, purple and red colours.
Harlequin Gem offers double-flowered hellebores with a complex mix of colours but always with the inside colour contrasting with the outside. The inside can be streaked with red, green, or yellow, the outside is black, purple or purple-red. 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. Every plant is unique. Deer resistant. Tolerant of shade but best in part shade to part sun. Perennial Plant of the Year 2005.
Common Name: Lenten Rose
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: Yellow
Secondary Bloom Colour:
Class: Evergreen
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Early Spring
Soil Moisture: Moist, Average, Dry
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat:
Award: GPP
Geographical Origin:
