helleborus

Barfoot, stinking hellebore

Semi-evergreen perennial to 60cm with erect stems, large pale green flowers from late winter

Classification

  • Common Names: Barfoot, stinking hellebore

  • Family: Ranunculaceae

  • Variety: Foetidus

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Barfoot, stinking hellebore

Propagation Notes

  • Plant Type: Perennial

  • Propagation:

  • Hardiness:

  • Flowering Season:

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Barfoot, stinking hellebore
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Barfoot, stinking hellebore
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Barfoot, stinking hellebore

helleborus niger

Hellebores are classic plants for winter interest, with elegant, nodding blooms in shades of green, white, pink or ruby. These perennials have a long flowering period, lasting well into spring. Mainly evergreen with handsome leaves, they thrive in shadier spots.

Valuable nectar source for early bumblebees

Classification

  • Common Names: helleborus niger

  • Family: niger

  • Variety:

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Single flower helleborus

Propagation Notes

  • Plant Type: Perennial

  • Propagation: Division

  • Hardiness: Hardy H5-H1 (<-10)

  • Flowering Season: Late winter

Divide in early autumn or grow new plants from seed

The easiest way to make new plants of most hellebores is by digging up and dividing the clumps – see our guide to dividing perennials. This is best done in early autumn, although you can also do it in spring, straight after flowering.

When replanting the smaller clumps you have made, position them so the first roots at the base of the growing shoots is 2.5cm (1in) below the soil surface. Water regularly for the first growing season, until well rooted in.

The new plants may be slow to establish, taking a couple years to flower well.

2023-05-09: Attempts to sow heleborus faiuled again.

2020-06-30: Attempts to grow Helleborus seed failed

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Pink Heleborus
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Helleborus seed packet
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Helleborus in summer
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Helleborus foetidus
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