Helleborus hybridus Anemone Green

Oriental Hellebore Anemone Green is a variety rare in cultivation, producing astonishing lime green flowers, a refreshing colour to use in small touches in flower beds and winter bouquets. Its uniquely structured flowers have a pretty collar of the same shade, earning them the name "anemone flowers". This Christmas rose blooms in late winter, for several weeks in the shade. It is a robust and very hardy perennial that can be grown as a border plant and under shrub beds or in pots.

Native to Greece, Turkey, and the central and eastern Caucasus, Helleborus orientalis, also known as Lenten Rose, is a perennial plant of the ranunculaceae family that readily hybridizes with other species, resulting in a wide variety of colours and shapes. No variety names are given to these hybrids; they can be distinguished by their shape and colour.

Oriental Hellebore is a hardy plant that can withstand temperatures as low as -15°C (5°F), naturally growing in forests, thickets, and clearings up to 2,000m (7ft) altitude. Anemone Green forms a compact and leafy clump of 40cm (16in) in all directions composed of palmate, slightly toothed, dark green and shiny basal leaves,  30-40cm (12-16in) long, composed of 7-9 leaflets. They live for 8 months and are regularly replaced by new leaves.

Between February and April, a bouquet of single flowers, 4-5cm (2in) in diameter, is formed. They are cup-shaped and pendulous with a characteristic collar of petals in their centre, placed on a corolla of petals, typical of this group of hybrids. They are inclined downwards, allowing water to slide off like an umbrella to protect the heart of the flower from rotting. Hellebore is a bushy plant which does not like to be moved once established, with the young plants taking some time to flower. The seeds are sown by ants.

Use hellebores like elements of an ancient tapestry, mixing them with brightly coloured woodland plants. They are highlighted when planted near Pieris, small-sized rhododendrons, under conifers (especially in wind-exposed sites), and surrounded by primroses, wood anemones, corydalis, dicentras, cardamines, or spring-flowering bulbs and snowdrops. You can also accompany them with ferns and shade irises to create a beautiful contrast a little later in the season. They can be planted in groups near the entrance of the house, in shaded areas, to fully enjoy their early flowering. They are suitable for cut flowers and in flower beds, borders, or even containers... Over time, Hellebore flowers do not fade like the majority of other flowers, but dry up instead.

Each seed sown hellebore has a unique flower colour: therefore, slight variations in colour may exist between two plants, which is normal and unavoidable. However, if the difference is too significant and alters the desired effect, we will refund or replace the plant in question.