Helleborus hybridus Double Yellow Spotted

Helleborus x hybridus Double Yellow Spotted is a unique variety with beautiful large cream-coloured flowers speckled with red in the heart of winter, gradually turning green as the flower matures, measuring 5 to 7 cm (2 to 3in) in diameter, double, and with a regular shape. This robust and very hardy perennial can be grown in borders as well as under shrub beds and in pots. Easy to grow, even in heavy and poorly drained soil, it thrives in shade and non-burning sunlight, bringing softness and light.

Native to the central and eastern Caucasus, Helleborus orientalis subsp. guttatus is a perennial plant from the ranunculaceae family, which is distinguished by the strong red-to-brown speckling of its petals. It is a hardy plant that can withstand temperatures as low as -15°C (5°F), growing naturally in forests, thickets, and clearings up to an altitude of 2,000 m (2,187yards).

The 'Yellow' variety forms a compact and leafy clump, 40 cm (16in) in all directions composed of palmate, slightly toothed, with a dark green and shiny, evergreen basal leaves 30 to 40 cm (12 to 16in) long, composed of 7 to 9 leaflets. They live for 8 months and are regularly replaced by new leaves.

Between February and April, a bouquet of cup-shaped double flowers measuring 5 to 7 cm (2 to 3in) in diameter forms. 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, as the young plants take some time to flower. The seeds are sown by ants.

Use hellebores as elements of an ancient tapestry, mixing them with woodland plants in brighter colours. They are showcased when planted near Pieris, small-sized rhododendrons, under conifers (especially in windy 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-loving 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 enjoy their early flowering up close. They are suitable as cut flowers, in beds, borders, or containers,... Over time, Hellebore flowers do not fade like the majority of other flowers but dry out.

Each seed-sown Hellebore has a unique flower colour: thus slight variations in colour can exist between two plants, which is normal and inevitable. However, if the difference is too significant and distorts the desired effect, we will refund or replace the affected plant.