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HELLEBORUS-HELLEBORE
Use where city gardeners would use hostas, only hellebores are better! They keep their leaves all winter and bloom early in the spring or even in late winter. These are poisonous and therefore very deer-resistant. Hellebores need good, moisture-retentive soil, high in organic matter; mulch in winter in colder zones.
Helleborus argutifolius
To 15" tall
Zones 6-9 (Zone 5 if part sun, well drained soil and mulch)
Partial Shade /Shade
Container Gardening: 3" pot
Spiny-toothed leaves which stay green all winter, topped by a small ball of chartreuse flowers. Typically lives only five or six years but usually self-seeds.
Helleborus croaticus
To 15-18" tall
Zones 5-9
Partial Shade /Shade
Container Gardening: 3" pot
Reddish purple to dark violet blooms in April-May. Leathery green foliage.
Helleborus foetidus
18-24" tall
Zones 5-9
Partial Shade /Shade
Container Gardening: 3" pot
The biggest of the hellebores, foetidus sports glossy, "evergreen" leaves. The common name is stinking hellebore, but only the deer are repelled by the smell because you must crush the leaves to release any aroma. Cheerful chartreuse blossoms beginning in late winter.
Helleborus niger
8-10" tall
Zones 4-7
Partial Shade /Shade
Container Gardening: 3" pot
The Christmas Rose. Loads of white flowers bloom here about the same time as early crocus.
Helleborus purpurascens
2-12" tall, 12" wide
Zones 5-8
Partial Shade /Shade
Container Gardening: 3" pot
Flowers measuring 1 1/2 to 3" across are purplish or pink-flushed with light green contrasts, early spring before the foliage emerges. Hard to find species.
Helleborus x hybridus 'Royal Heritage Rosy/Plum' (tm)
18-24" tall
Zones 5-9
Partial Shade /Shade
Container Gardening: 4" pot
Large, 2" flowers in the rose-to-plum range. With leaves that stay green all winter, deer-resistance and a blooming period of winter through spring, you’ll enjoy this plant all year!
Helleborus x hybridus 'Sunshine Strain'(TM) (syn. H. Orientalis)
16-24" tall
Zones 5-9
Partial Shade /Shade
Container Gardening: 4" pot
Large, bright flowers in rich plum to almost black red.
