Helleborus hybridus Apricot

Originating from northwestern Turkey to the Caucasus, and northeastern Greece, the Helleborus x hybridus Apricot is a perennial plant with orange to dark purple spots that will brighten up the shaded areas of your garden in winter. It is a hardy plant that can withstand temperatures as low as -15°C (5°F). It has spreading palmate, toothed basal leaves, slightly dentate, dark green and shiny, evergreen, 30 to 40 cm (12 to 16in) long, composed of 7 to 9 leaflets.

The Oriental Hellebore reaches a height of 40 cm (16in) and spreads over 30 cm (12in) at maturity. From January to March, a bunch of single flowers forms, measuring 5 to 7 cm (2 to 3in) in diameter, cup-shaped and drooping. The Hellebore is a bushy plant. It does not like to be moved once established and takes time to bloom.

This toxic plant should be handled with caution. It is suitable for cut flowers and for borders, edges, or even containers... Over time, the Hellebore flowers do not fade like most other flowers, but they dry up.

Each seed-sown hellebore is unique in flower color: thus slight colour variations may exist between two plants, which is normal and inevitable. If, however, the difference is too significant and alters the desired effect, we will refund or replace the affected plant.