Helleborus Winter Jewels Slate

Charcoal Blooms from Pure Black Buds

The most exciting of the new Winter Jewels colors, it will be your favorite for cutting.

A splendid new series of distinctively colored and formed Hellebores, the Winter Jewels are taking American gardens by storm. Offering large, perfectly shaped 3-inch blooms that remain attractive for weeks and even months, this series is the result of 15 years’ hand-selective breeding for deep, saturated colors, picotee edges, and collared form. We are proud to offer Slate, the most dramatic new color selection.

Pure black buds are a startling enough sight in the shade garden, but when they burst open, the dark charcoal-ash interior petal color is stunning. Shot with a vibrant red vein, these flowers offer stark contrast to the frilly white and yellow center, and make a huge impact in garden or vase.

The flowers arise from late winter well into spring on plants 20 inches high and 24 inches wide, and are superb for cutting. They dry right on the plant, becoming papery but keeping their color, so that the soft breezes of spring rustle them. Very floriferous, this is a plant that will give you enough blooms for garden and vase both. And with color like this, you want all the glorious blooms you can get!

Plant Slate among its siblings Cherry Blossom, Purple/Pink Edge, and Red, or select our economical mix of 3 of the colors. Winter Jewels belongs front and center of the shade border, where it remains evergreen, is unpalatable to deer, rabbits, and other nibblers, and tolerates rough weather from heat and humidity to drought. You simply can’t find a more rewarding and distinctive perennial for winter to spring color. Zones 4-8.