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dark red stems, facing outwards. The stems that open to beautiful burgundy
pink on the outside of the tepals is tepals surrounded by chartreuse
often veined with deeper pink so the The Helleborus bloom nectaries and creamy white anthers. As
plants look lovely from many views. As the flowers mature, the tepals darken
the flowers mature, they can develop in very cool weather, then turn a bronzish green. There are
streaking of rose and chartreuse. Late the flowers can last typically 8-10 clusters of flowers per
in the season the cup shaped flowers plant that bloom for up to 2 months.
turn a soft chartreuse. This is a sterile from February to May. The contrast between the rich dark
plant so the flowers don’t spend time Each of the single burgundy and the marbled green
creating seeds. foliage makes Anna’s Red stand out,
blooming flowers like the English garden writer, Anna
There are many series in the Lenten
Rose Hellebores including the have five overlapping Pavord, for whom the plant is named.
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Hellebores Gold Collection Helleborus x Frostkisss Bayli’s Blush has lavender
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ballardiae. Gold Collection ‘Cinnamon tepals surrounding pink and soft white buds that open
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Snow’ has 3-4 inch frontward facing the nectaries, which to soft white flowers bordered by
creamy white flowers with shades of lavender pink, blooming from January
rose and cinnamon. The buds are pink surround the stigma to April. The plants grow robustly 18
with touches of cinnamon and when inches tall and 30 inches wide with
the flowers open the backs maintain and stamens with dark green leaves painted with silver
the cinnamon and pink colors. The their bright yellow veins. Up to 14 dark pink stems hold
colder the temperatures when the clusters of the large cup shaped flowers
flowers are blooming, the brighter anthers. above the foliage. This variety is sterile.
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the pinks and cinnamon colors. Other FrostKiss™ Penny’s Pink has beautiful
Hellebores Gold Collection (HGC) Merlot (dark wine colors), Nightingale bronze green foliage with rose colored
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includes the Hellebores x glandorfensis (dark purple) and the Snow Rose veins on purple petioles. As the plants
Ice N’Roses , a cross between H. niger which flowers white, pink and deep mature during the warmer weather the
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to provide the outward facing flowers, red. A cross pollination of Helleborus x leaves veins can change from pink to
the Snow Rose (a combination of ballardiae produced HGC ‘Pink Frost’ , bright green. The flower buds start a
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Mediterranean Hellebores) for their which carries its burgundy buds above dark purple, complementing the rose
strong growth and Lenten Roses for the deep green foliage to open with pink leaf veins, then the buds open
their wonderful colors. HGCv Ice N’ outwardly facing 3-inch dusty and to 3-inch saucers of dark rich pink,
Roses Picotee flowers are bicolored pale pink bicolored blooms held on complementing the bright green leaf
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white edged in dark pink, with the veins burgundy stems. HGC also bred an veins. The pink tepals are crowned with
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pinking up as the flowers mature in the improved H. niger, Jacob , with larger creamy white anthers and chartreuse
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cold. The buds are also edged with 3 inch white cup shaped flowers that nectaries. Like Frostkiss Anna’s Red,
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pink providing color in all directions. fade to soft green in warm winters and Frostkiss Penny’s Pink is named after
A new improved HGC Ice N’ Roses pink in cool winters. a notable English author Penelope ®
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Dark Picotee grows with deeper pink The Helleborus Frostkiss series Hobhouse. Frostkiss Dorothy’s Dawn
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coloring. HGC Ice N’ Roses Red has celebrates both beautiful and colorful is one of the latest to bloom in the
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dark maroon red tepals, bright green flowers plus attractively marbled leaves. gardens. In winter, the plants have
nectaries, and many bright stamens This series is more sun tolerant and pink veined foliage that brightens to
while HGC Ice N’Roses White has thrives down to zone 9 if the roots are pale green veins when the soft pink
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very large white flowers that gradually mulched to maintain cool and moist and cream buds appear. The gently
fade to green with maturity. There are soil conditions. Helleborus Frostkiss nodding cup shaped soft pink and
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even more varieties available including Anna’s Red holds dark red buds on red cream flowers float above the foliage
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Ice N’ Roses Rose (dark rose colors), from February to April. Frostkiss Molly’s
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