Helleborus x sternii

Hybrid Hellebore with white and dusky red-pink flowers from late winter and architectural, evergreen foliage

Helleborus x sternii

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Helleborus x sternii

Established plant in three-litre container

Description

Helleborus x sternii, also known as Stern’s Hellebore, is a hybrid hellebore combining the best attributes of Helleborus argutifolius with Helleborus lividus. From Helleborus argutifolius it takes its robust, strong-growing upright habit and foliage, the leaves of which have a slightly silvery sheen and a lightly serrated edge to the leaves. From Helleborus lividus it takes the unusual – but in our view incredibly painterly and attractive – flushed dusky pink colouration on its flowers. When the flowers emerge in late winter and early spring they do so held in clusters above the strong foliage, each flower with a soft creamy yellow front and that faded dusky pink colouration on the back. They are a wonderful addition to a winter garden but also bring a touch of sophistication and artistry to a time of the year often marked by the loud (and equally welcome) colours of daffodils and early tulips.

These established, garden-ready plants have been grown at our nursery in Cornwall in peat-free compost and are supplied in three-litre containers. They will grow to an ultimate height of about a 50cm (1 and a half feet) in the right conditions with a similar spread where happy.

Growing Advice

This hybrid hellebore’s parent plants are native to the Mediterranean, and as such Helleborus also does well in brighter conditions than many of our native hellebores. That said we’ve found they do well in sun or shade, as long as they are not allowed to completely dry out in summer or sit in boggy conditions in winter – give them well-drained, humus rich soils (think mountain-side woodlands). They’ll also grow in containers – though share with other hellebores a long tap root and a dislike of root disturbance, so give them plenty of room to breathe.

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