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<i>Helleborus</i> × <i>hybridus</i> Harvington Smokey Blues

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<i>Helleborus</i> × <i>hybridus</i> Harvington Smokey Blues

<i>Helleborus</i> × <i>hybridus</i> Harvington Smokey Blues

<i>Helleborus</i> × <i>hybridus</i> Harvington Smokey Blues

Helleborus × hybridus Harvington Smokey Blues

Lenten rose or hellebore

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Nodding or outward-facing, double, deep purple-black flowers open in February and last for up to three months. The handsome evergreen foliage...

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Plant description

Nodding or outward-facing, double, deep purple-black flowers open in February and last for up to three months. The handsome evergreen foliage is leathery, deeply cut and dark green. This is a new variety of lenten rose and the unusual, purple-black flowers have a dark blue sheen and creamy-yellow centres. They look stunning contrasted with snowdrops. To appreciate their colour, they are best planted in groups at the front of a partially shady mixed border, ideally where they can be seen through windows in winter, or as a ground cover plant for areas of dappled shade under deciduous trees and shrubs. In former times, hellebores were planted close to cottage doors to prevent evil spirits from crossing the threshold.

Eventual height & spread

Flowering period

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Plant features

Position

Light shade

Rate of growth

Average

Soil

Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil

Hardiness

Fully hardy

How to care for Helleborus × hybridus Harvington Smokey Blues:

Add lots of well-rotted leaf mould or organic matter to the planting hole. Cut the old leaves back down to the ground in January or February as this will show off the new emerging flowers to best effect. It will also help to get rid of foliar diseases such as Hellebore leaf spot. Apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted organic matter around the base of the plant in autumn and provide a top-dressing of general fertiliser each spring. Cut off the seed heads to prevent inferior seedlings colonising.

Please note:

This perennial is semi-evergreen so it can lose some of its leaves in winter. In colder regions or more exposed gardens, it may lose them all, but then fresh new growth appears again in spring.

Warning

Humans/Pets: Harmful if eaten; skin irritant

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