{"title":"Helleborus","description":"\u003cp\u003eGardeners worldwide are enchanted with the flowering shade plant genus Helleborus, aka Hellebore or Lenten Rose. Hellebores are winter-flowering perennials for the shade garden. Many of our hellebore offerings are grown from our own in-house selections, but we also obtain hellebore plants from the top breeders around the world and make them available to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWe offer many other popular species of hellebore for sale, including the Christmas rose, Helleborus niger, the bear claw hellebore, Helleborus foetidus, the hard-to-find helleborus orientalis. We also have many inter-specific hybrid hellebores for sale, including Helleborus x nigercors, Helleborus x ericsmithii, and Helleborus x ballardiae. And from our breeder friends we always have a selection of the top hellebore cultivars such as Helleborus Ivory Prince and Helleborus Pink Frost.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe hellebore plant is easy to grow if you provide improved soil and a part-shade location. Although hellebore lenten rose plants need to be kept slightly moist when they are becoming established, they become relatively drought-tolerant with age. Some hellebores will seed around the garden but most of the other interspecific hybrids with Helleborus niger are sterile. In addition to their great flowers and foliage, hellebores are also deer-resistant.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are ready to buy Helleborus plants for your shade garden, check out our list of lenten roses for sale. The only thing better than shopping our website to buy hellebore electronically is visiting us during our annual Winter Open Nursery and Garden, when we hand pick the best flowering specimens from our Lenten Rose collection and fill two entire sales houses with them. Plant Delights has one of the best collections of hellebores for sale in the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eAdditional Resources:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCheck out our in depth articles on Hellebores:\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Article on Helleborus\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/blogs\/articles\/hellebores-lenten-rose\"\u003eA Rose is a Rose except when it's a Lenten Rose\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Article on Helleborus\" href=\"..\/blogs\/articles\/hellebores-winter-hardy-shade-perennials-for-the-woodland-garden\"\u003eHelleborus: Winter Hardy Shade Perennials\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCheck out our many \u003ca title=\"blog posts about Hellebores\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.jlbg.org\/tag\/helleborus\/\"\u003eblog posts about Hellebores\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCheck out our Helleborus videos:\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch4\u003eHelleborus Lenten Rose Production at Plant Delights Nursery\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\u003ciframe title=\"Tony Avent talks about Helleborus production at Plant Delights Nursery\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zJgRACgqmQw\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c!-- \u003cspan itemprop=\"description\"\u003eHellebore (Lenten Rose) Production at Plant Delights Nursery\u003c\/span\u003e --\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003ch4\u003eGardening Unplugged - Hellebores in the Garden w\/Tony\u003c\/h4\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"Hellebores in the Garden\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6vrZTVvBcKs\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"helleborus-lividus","title":"Helleborus lividus","description":"\u003cp\u003eHelleborus lividus is probably the most strikingly beautiful and sought-after of the hellebore species. The toothed, deer-resistant foliage, borne on an upright stalk, is similar to a dwarf Helleborus argutifolius, but is much hardier in our trials. Each Helleborus lividus leaf is a fabulous rich green, highlighted with silver and red veining...the specific epithet, lividus, means lead-like, not angry. Our 1' tall x 2' wide clumps flower in late winter and early spring with terminal clusters holding masses of pink-backed greenish flowers...hardy here for 15+ years, although flower buds were killed when winter temperatures dropped below 5 degrees F. Reports of limited hardiness are only valid in cool summer climates where summer heat doesn't produce enough sugars. Our original clumps were grown from hellebore guru Will McLewin's seed.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21000874373,"sku":"1094","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Helleborus-lividus.i-1094.s-64698.r-1_93566c8f-fc4b-41d3-8548-b7a655c9f77f.jpg?v=1791825985"},{"product_id":"helleborus-hybridus-winter-delights-pink","title":"Helleborus hybridus Winter Delights Pink","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese deer-resistant pink-flowering hellebores are seed grown from our special garden selections here at Plant Delights. All plants have been hand-selected for color after flowering.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21024475141,"sku":"2165","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Helleborus-hybridus-Winter-Delights-Pink.i-2165.s-63102.r-1.jpg?v=1782756510"},{"product_id":"helleborus-foetidus-krenitsky","title":"Helleborus foetidus Krenitsky","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis seed strain of Helleborus foetidus was shared with us by Chapel Hill NC plantsman Tom Krenitsky. Visitors to the garden have marveled at the exceptionally dark green, very serrate leaves, so we introduced it as a named seed strain in 2007. As with all Helleborus foetidus, the plants grow vigorously the first season forming a 20\" tall stalk, clothed in dark green, hand-shaped leaves. After the second winter, the clumps are topped with 2' tall thick flower spikes with light green bells.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eMaintenance:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe growth habit of Helleborus foetidus is quite different from the Lenten Rose, Helleborus x hybridus and the Christmas Rose, Helleborus niger and their near kin. Both Helleborus x hybridus and Helleborus niger produce both leaves and flower stalks directly from the subterranean crown of the plant. The crown of a plant is a compressed stem and is characteristic of many herbaceous perennials such as Hostas and Hemerocallis (daylily). In contrast, Helleborus foetidus has a substantial aboveground stem that averages 18 to 24\" tall. Individual stems have a two year life span. They are produced in the spring and they are well clothed with their dark green palmately divided leaves. Come late fall numerous paler green bracts and flower buds start to form at the apex of the stem. Soon they become a foot tall candelabra of pendant green bells. The pale green glows in the winter garden, especially on a overcast day. What Helleborus foetidus lacks in colorfulness (nothing actually) it makes up for in its very handsome architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBy summer the seeds are mature and shed from the fruit as the fruit open. At this point the whole stalk has completed its life cycle and need to be cut to the ground, leaving the new vegetative growth. Do NOT be discouraged by the following information: Helleborus foetidus has more of a live fast, die young life cycle than Helleborus x hybridus and Helleborus niger, which seem to live forever. Helleborus foetidus tends to be a permanent addition to a garden even though individual plants might live for just three to five years, because there are enough seedlings to replace old plants. Seeds start to germinate in late fall, with additional germination through the winter. With good care a seedling can bloom in about one year, certainly in two. And they transplant readily so the gardener can plant them where they are wanted. Space the seedlings about a foot apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eNatural Impact:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHelleborus foetidus belongs in every garden where winter interest is desired and this species can be grown. The three to four month winter floral display is very showy. It combines well with all other plants of winter interest whether other herbaceous perennials or flowering trees and shrubs such as Camellia or Prunus mume, or plants with colorful twigs. Year-round, Helleborus foetidus is a handsome foliage plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing Conditions:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHelleborus foetidus is a zone 7 plant. In colder areas the foliage is damaged by cold. It wants shade to part shade. It does not want to be exposed to hot, midday sun in the summer. Avoid soggy soil\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eNomenclature:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe specific epithet \"foetidus\" means foetid. For this reason some call this Hellebore the \"stinking Hellebore\". To most, its odor is only evident when working amongst the plant. It is not usually an odor one notices on the air. It is not one that will chase gardeners from the garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWatch our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/xV4QWZx27ls\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlant Spotlight\u003c\/a\u003e video for more information.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21024601093,"sku":"2281","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Helleborus-foetidus-Krenitsky.i-2281.s-67137.r-1.jpg?v=1790710353"},{"product_id":"helleborus-iburgensis-annas-red-pp-24720","title":"Helleborus iburgensis Annas Red PP 24720","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Helleborus ABCRD02) Helleborus x iburgensis 'Anna's Red' is one of the most sought after hellebores in the world today. This 2013 clonal release from the UK's RD Plants, is named after UK plantswoman and author Anna Pavord. Helleborus 'Anna's Red' is a sterile hellebore, derived from crossing Helleborus lividus, Helleborus niger, and Helleborus x hybridus together...a task formerly thought impossible. Helleborus 'Anna's Red' forms a 15\" tall x 2' wide clump of dark green, glossy, evergreen foliage whose new growth emerges patterned in silver. The 15\" tall stalks of bright reddish-purple flowers top the clump in late winter...quite stunning!!\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21024631685,"sku":"2353","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Helleborus-iburgensis-Annas-Red-PP-24720.i-2353.s-68551.r-1_1338eb37-1429-41ef-ab36-6205488c2639.jpg?v=1789069557"},{"product_id":"helleborus-hybridus-winter-delights-red","title":"Helleborus hybridus Winter Delights Red","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese deer-resistant hellebores are seed grown from our plants at Juniper Level and have been selected for their single red-violet flowers. All plants have been hand-selected for color after flowering.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21024700933,"sku":"2525","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Helleborus-hybridus-Winter-Delights-Red.i-2525.s-63112.r-1_22e3b09f-1ffb-471d-a343-21a629000891.jpg?v=1782756513"},{"product_id":"helleborus-sahinii-winterbells-pp-24434","title":"Helleborus sahinii Winterbells PP 24434","description":"\u003cp\u003eHelleborus x sahinii 'Winterbells' is one of the most unique hybrids in the history of the hellebore world...the first recorded success of the \"impossible\" cross of Helleborus niger and the distantly related Helleborus foetidus. Helleborus x sahinii was named after its discoverer and PDN customer, the late Dutch seedsman extraordinaire, Kees Sahin. Our 2011 planted clump of the evergreen Helleborus x sahinii 'Winter Bells' has made a 15\" tall x 2' wide clump of dark green, hand-like, lenten rose foliage topped, starting in mid-January (NC), with cinnamon flower stalks ending in pendent flowers...creamy pink backs and green inside. Helleborus x sahinii will never go down as being the most stunning hellebore, but it is unquestionably the most unique. Since the original cross was so wide there is no chance for offspring from seed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWatch our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/JXzwUjT0PT0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlant Spotlight\u003c\/a\u003e video for more information. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21025278661,"sku":"3315","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Helleborus-sahinii-Winterbells-PP-24434.i-3315.s-67855.r-1.jpg?v=1791220393"},{"product_id":"helleborus-hybridus-cotton-candy","title":"Helleborus hybridus Cotton Candy","description":"\u003cp\u003eHelleborus 'Cotton Candy' is another amazing hellebore seed strain of Helleborus x hybridus from Ernie and Marietta O'Byrne with lovely, double pink flowers that can range from soft light pink to a lovely rosy pink...you'll love this new lenten rose.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eMaintenance:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHelleborus 'Cotton Candy' is a seed-grown, uniform selection of Helleborus x hybridus, all of which have identical growing conditions and maintenance needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAs the flower stalks of Helleborus x hybridus arise just above the evergreen foliage in late winter, we prefer to remove the old foliage. This results in a much more attractive floral show, unobscured by the old leaves, which are likely tattered from the winter weather. Removing the foliage too early can allow the ground to warm around the plant, often speeding up the floral show.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhile lenten rose flower stalks can freeze solid and return to form when the weather warms, they are limited in the number of times they can recover, so longer the ground stays cool around the plant, the better the floral show. Once hellebore flower stalks rise above the foliage and the flowers show color, the old leaves serve no purpose. Do not, however, remove all the foliage at any other time during the growing season since it will most likely kill your plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing Conditions:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHelleborus x hybridus need well drained soils to survive. They can tolerate irrigated beds as long as the soil doesn't become waterlogged. Lenten roses are amazingly drought resistant, and while they may not look great during extended dry spells, they almost always survive. The perform well in both slightly acidic and slightly alkaline soils.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMost lenten roses are prolific re-seeders, and as such, can take over a significant section of garden if allowed to re-seed for too many consecutive years. Since they do not reproduce true to color from seed, you may wish to remove the seed before they mature, which is usually starts in late April\/early May. In the garden, seedlings that are allowed to drop typically flower in 5-6 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eGarden Value:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eLenten roses have incredible garden value, primarily for their amazing winter floral show. We also find them incredibly valuable as winter evergreen groundcovers in woodland gardens which can often be quite drab in winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eNatural Impacts:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eLenten roses are extremely valuable for providing nectar for honeybees, who forage when daytime winter temperatures exceed 55 degrees F.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eNomenclature:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eNurseries who don't know the plants they sell, often list Helleborus x hybridus as Helleborus orientalis. That species only has dirty white flowers, and I'd be willing to bet that any nursery offering plants under that name (other than small hellebore specialist), is selling Helleborus x hybridus. Helleborus x hybridus plants primarily contain the genes of many species, including Helleborus virdis, purpurescens, atrorubens, croaticus, and orientalis.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21025370437,"sku":"3382","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Helleborus-hybridus-Cotton-Candy.i-3382.s-64406.r-1.jpg?v=1789656618"},{"product_id":"helleborus-hybridus-peppermint-ice","title":"Helleborus hybridus Peppermint Ice","description":"\u003cp\u003eHelleborus 'Peppermint Ice' is another lovely double hybrid lenten rose from the O'Byrnes...this one with lovely, soft pink, double flowers, surrounded by a red border and reddish flush. This is one of our absolute favorite hellebore strains.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eMaintenance:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHelleborus 'Peppermint Ice' is a seed-grown, uniform selection of Helleborus x hybridus, all of which have identical growing conditions and maintenance needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAs the flower stalks of Helleborus x hybridus arise just above the evergreen foliage in late winter, we prefer to remove the old foliage. This results in a much more attractive floral show, unobscured by the old leaves, which are likely tattered from the winter weather. Removing the foliage too early can allow the ground to warm around the plant, often speeding up the floral show.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhile lenten rose flower stalks can freeze solid and return to form when the weather warms, they are limited in the number of times they can recover, so longer the ground stays cool around the plant, the better the floral show. Once hellebore flower stalks rise above the foliage and the flowers show color, the old leaves serve no purpose. Do not, however, remove all the foliage at any other time during the growing season since it will most likely kill your plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing Conditions:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHelleborus x hybridus need well drained soils to survive. They can tolerate irrigated beds as long as the soil doesn't become waterlogged. Lenten roses are amazingly drought resistant, and while they may not look great during extended dry spells, they almost always survive. The perform well in both slightly acidic and slightly alkaline soils.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMost lenten roses are prolific re-seeders, and as such, can take over a significant section of garden if allowed to re-seed for too many consecutive years. Since they do not reproduce true to color from seed, you may wish to remove the seed before they mature, which is usually starts in late April\/early May. In the garden, seedlings that are allowed to drop typically flower in 5-6 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eGarden Value:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eLenten roses have incredible garden value, primarily for their amazing winter floral show. We also find them incredibly valuable as winter evergreen groundcovers in woodland gardens which can often be quite drab in winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eNatural Impacts:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eLenten roses are extremely valuable for providing nectar for honeybees, who forage when daytime winter temperatures exceed 55 degrees F.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eNomenclature:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eNurseries who don't know the plants they sell, often list Helleborus x hybridus as Helleborus orientalis. 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I never thought I'd find myself wishing for winter, but it's happening now just to see Helleborus x hybridus 'Red Sapphire' in flower.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eMaintenance:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHelleborus 'Red Sapphire' is a seed-grown, uniform selection of Helleborus x hybridus, all of which have identical growing conditions and maintenance needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAs the flower stalks of Helleborus x hybridus arise just above the evergreen foliage in late winter, we prefer to remove the old foliage. This results in a much more attractive floral show, unobscured by the old leaves, which are likely tattered from the winter weather. Removing the foliage too early can allow the ground to warm around the plant, often speeding up the floral show.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhile lenten rose flower stalks can freeze solid and return to form when the weather warms, they are limited in the number of times they can recover, so longer the ground stays cool around the plant, the better the floral show. Once hellebore flower stalks rise above the foliage and the flowers show color, the old leaves serve no purpose. Do not, however, remove all the foliage at any other time during the growing season since it will most likely kill your plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing Conditions:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHelleborus x hybridus need well drained soils to survive. They can tolerate irrigated beds as long as the soil doesn't become waterlogged. Lenten roses are amazingly drought resistant, and while they may not look great during extended dry spells, they almost always survive. The perform well in both slightly acidic and slightly alkaline soils.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMost lenten roses are prolific re-seeders, and as such, can take over a significant section of garden if allowed to re-seed for too many consecutive years. Since they do not reproduce true to color from seed, you may wish to remove the seed before they mature, which is usually starts in late April\/early May. In the garden, seedlings that are allowed to drop typically flower in 5-6 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eGarden Value:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eLenten roses have incredible garden value, primarily for their amazing winter floral show. We also find them incredibly valuable as winter evergreen groundcovers in woodland gardens which can often be quite drab in winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eNatural Impacts:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eLenten roses are extremely valuable for providing nectar for honeybees, who forage when daytime winter temperatures exceed 55 degrees F.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eNomenclature:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eNurseries who don't know the plants they sell, often list Helleborus x hybridus as Helleborus orientalis. That species only has dirty white flowers, and I'd be willing to bet that any nursery offering plants under that name (other than small hellebore specialist), is selling Helleborus x hybridus. 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Once hellebore flower stalks rise above the foliage and the flowers show color, the old leaves serve no purpose. Do not, however, remove all the foliage at any other time during the growing season since it will most likely kill your plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing Conditions:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHelleborus x hybridus need well drained soils to survive. They can tolerate irrigated beds as long as the soil doesn't become waterlogged. Lenten roses are amazingly drought resistant, and while they may not look great during extended dry spells, they almost always survive. The perform well in both slightly acidic and slightly alkaline soils.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMost lenten roses are prolific re-seeders, and as such, can take over a significant section of garden if allowed to re-seed for too many consecutive years. 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In addition to the attractive deer-resistant foliage, the 30\" tall flower spikes of Helleborus foetidus 'Red Silver' are highlighted by red petioles and the typical green flowers are usually accented by a red ring around the rim. Keep in mind this is a seed strain and there is some variability in the offspring.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eMaintenance:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHelleborus foetidus 'Red Silver' is a very low maintenance perennial. Once the flower stalk has finished, it should be removed. If you want your plant to produce seedlings, then wait until the seed drop (May in NC). If you have enough seedlings already, remove the old flower stalk prior to seed drop.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHelleborus foetidus is by nature a short lived plant, but after flowering, plants will often re-sprout from the base. Each stem will only flower one time, so we prefer to let some seed drop each year, so we'll always have a flower show produced by these new seedlings. 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Removing the foliage too early can allow the ground to warm around the plant, often speeding up the floral show.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhile lenten rose flower stalks can freeze solid and return to form when the weather warms, they are limited in the number of times they can recover, so longer the ground stays cool around the plant, the better the floral show. Once hellebore flower stalks rise above the foliage and the flowers show color, the old leaves serve no purpose. Do not, however, remove all the foliage at any other time during the growing season since it will most likely kill your plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing Conditions:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHelleborus x hybridus need well drained soils to survive. They can tolerate irrigated beds as long as the soil doesn't become waterlogged. Lenten roses are amazingly drought resistant, and while they may not look great during extended dry spells, they almost always survive. 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The perform well in both slightly acidic and slightly alkaline soils.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMost lenten roses are prolific re-seeders, and as such, can take over a significant section of garden if allowed to re-seed for too many consecutive years. Since they do not reproduce true to color from seed, you may wish to remove the seed before they mature, which is usually starts in late April\/early May. In the garden, seedlings that are allowed to drop typically flower in 5-6 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eGarden Value:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eLenten roses have incredible garden value, primarily for their amazing winter floral show. 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