Botanical Name: Helleborus orientalis
Common Name: Lenten rose
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright, clumping plants with clumps of long-stalked leaves, flowers usually held above foliage
Height to 18"
Spread 24"
Growth Rate slow
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors shade to partial sun
Soil well-amended, organic soil
Hardiness hardy: all zones
 
Morphology:
Leaves palmately compound, eventually 12" across; 7-9 leaflets, somewhat coarsely serrate on margins
Flowers cup-shaped, maroon to white, 1"-1 1/2" across; will last for up to 3 months
Fruit cluster of 3-10 follicles
 
Propagation:
division, seed (self-sows readily)
 
Usage:
good under trees, between shrubs or in shaded beds. Mixes well with ferns, azaleas, ajuga, primroses, etc.
 
Landscape Care:
Watering needs ample watering
Fertilizing none after established
Pruning generally none
Pests/Diseases snails and slugs
Special Conditions/Other does not like being transplanted
 
Origin: Middle to Far East Asia
Family: Ranunculaceae

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