Helleborus ‘Royal Heritage Strain’ Lenten Rose

Simply the Best Perennial for Your Shade Garden

Blooming for up to 5 months, this variety is widely adaptable from north to south and is very resistant to deer, rabbit, and voles.

After 50 years of dedicated English breeding and 10 years of collection and ongoing selection, we proudly offer our patrons the very finest perennial introduction of the decade. Royal Heritage Hellebores are destined to supplant even Hostas as the premiere carefree perennial for shade (and partial sun). They represent the absolute best in recent British and American breeding, and include a wider range of colors and a better adaptability than older varieties.

Uniquely superior for its wide range of sumptuous colors (purple, red, near-black, white, green, pink and even yellow) captured by 2-inch flowers with overlapping petals, the Helleborus Royal Heritage Strain brings the varied and lovely world of Hellebores right into your garden. In our trials the strain produced flowers for nearly 5 months, from winter through spring. Cut and floated, they make an excellent centerpiece, lasting up to two weeks. In the garden, they gradually dry out on the plant, fading to vintage shades of their former color and making a pleasant rustling when disturbed by spring breezes.

A gardener’s “dream plant” — very permanent, very low-maintenance, very disease-free, very pest-free, the Royal Heritage Strain Hellebore Lenten Rose are easy to establish from our vigorous container stock. Over the years each will develop into sturdy, long-lived clumps 18 to 24 inches high and 2 to 3 feet across. Totally tolerant of heat and humidity, they even withstand periods of drought, if given well-drained, moisture-retentive soil. Can even thrive in clay. Begin your Hellebore garden today for many years of ever-increasing beauty.

Hardiness: Zones: 4-8