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Hellebore Christmas Rose
Winter-flowering hellebore with white blooms and evergreen foliage
£17
2 Litre pot
Flowering
Evergreen
Pollinator
Key information
The Christmas Rose, or Hellebore Niger brings stunning winter interest from November with white or pink flushed bowl shaped flowers. The low growing, leathery, dark green foliage provides attractive ground cover and Soto love to use it at the front of borders. This Christmas Rose is also a beautiful cut flower.
Delivery & Returns
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Top Tip
Cut back the old leaves as flowers and new foliage appear.
How to care for Hellebore Christmas Rose
Aspect
Hellebore Christmas Rose can tolerate any aspect
Thrives in partial shade but can tolerate sun.
Care Level
Low maintenance
The Christmas Rose is easy to look after.
Watering
Thrives in moist well drained soil
Water this Hellebore well when planting and then frequently in warmer months.
Feeding
Helleborus plants do not require any fertiliser in their first spring
Mulch the Christmas Rose every Autumn with peat free compost.
Soil
Thrives in most soil types.
The Christmas Rose likes the soil to be moist and well-drained.
Flowering period
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Foliage
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Quick facts
BOTANICAL NAME
Helleborus niger
PLANT TYPE
Flowers every year (perennial) & Always green (evergreen)
RECOMMENDED SOTO POT SIZE
Small
HARDINESS
Very hardy
NURSERY POT SIZE
2L
TOXICITY
Humans/Pets: Harmful if eaten; skin irritant
EVENTUAL GROWTH (3-5 YEARS)
Height - 0.5m, Width - 0.5m
How to plant a pot
In this Soto Masterclass we take you through the steps on how to pot a plant.
Follow along with Max as he demonstrates the importance of drainage holes, how to use compost and watering after planting.
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