Helleborus 'Brandywine'

Sizes available: Landscape plug

Basics: zone 4-8, 12-18" x 12", full sun to part shade, variable blooms from this selected seed strain: dark red, pink, picotee, apricot, doubles, anemones, and singles with various markings, early to mid-spring, moist rich, woodland soils, perhaps a bit lime-y, somewhat drought tolerant, but does not like wind or winter wet

Common names: Lenten Rose

Family: Ranunculaceae

Origin/Distribution: From plantsman David Culp of Brandywine Cottage in Pennsylvania. This is a selected seed strain chosen for "clear colors" and "distinctive forms". Species Hellebores such as H. orientalis and H. niger are native to parts of Europe, the Balkans, the Turkish-Syrian border, and China

More: Early-blooming, long-lasting cut flower with proper conditioning. Deer and rabbit resistant. Looks great even after pollination as the bracts are decorative and flower-like. Attractive foliage out of bloom. For best bloom plant in part sun to part shade. Divide clumps in late summer. Hellebores cross-pollinate readily and will not come true from seed, although some of the seedlings may be fabulous surprises worth growing! All parts of Hellebores are poisonous.