Helleborus, Lenten Rose 'Wedding Party® True Love'

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The Hellebores are ‘gourmet’ evergreen perennials with glossy palmate leaves and large showy flowers of white, pink, lavender, rose, or purple in nodding clusters. Among the earliest spring bloomers, these plants require a careful setting in Minnesota. Best in shade to part shade protected from winter sun and winter wind. A very beautiful plant for woodland gardens. Species in general was the 2005 Perennial Plant of the Year.

Early spring bloomer produces double flowers of rich maroon red. The 3-3.5” flowers are produced in great abundance on mature plants.

Wedding Party® True Love Hellebore | Helleborus 'True Love'

Height:  20 inches

Spacing:  18 inches

Sunlight: partial shade to full shade

Hardiness Zone:  4b

Other Names:  Lenten Rose, Winter Rose

Group/Class:  Wedding Party® Series

Brand:  Gertens

Description:

This attractive variety produces vigorous mounds of thick evergreen leaves; flower stalks, held occasionally above the foliage bear showy maroon red to violet flowers with yellow-green centers; an outstanding selection for shade gardens

Ornamental Features

Wedding Party® True Love Hellebore features showy nodding burgundy cup-shaped flowers with violet overtones and chartreuse eyes at the ends of the stems from late winter to early spring. Its glossy oval compound leaves remain green in color throughout the year.

Landscape Attributes

Wedding Party® True Love Hellebore is an herbaceous evergreen perennial with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and should be cut back in late fall in preparation for winter. Deer don't particularly care for this plant and will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Wedding Party® True Love Hellebore is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Mass Planting
  • Rock/Alpine Gardens
  • Border Edging
  • General Garden Use
  • Naturalizing And Woodland Gardens

Planting & Growing

Wedding Party® True Love Hellebore will grow to be about 20 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 24 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 18 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 5 years. As an evegreen perennial, this plant will typically keep its form and foliage year-round.

This plant does best in partial shade to shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in rich soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution, and will benefit from being planted in a relatively sheltered location. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid, and parts of it are known to be toxic to humans and animals, so care should be exercised in planting it around children and pets. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

More Information
Bloom or Harvest Time April, May
Sun Preference Part-Sun, No-Sun
USDA Hardiness Zone 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Common Family Name Lenten Rose
Mature Spread (Range) 12" - 24"
Mature Height (Range) 13" - 24"
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