Lenten Rose, Wedding Party Mix

Helleborus 'Wedding Party Mix'

Height: 18-24in
Spread: 18-24in
Zone: 4-9
Exposure: Part shade to full shade
Bloom Time/Color: March-April; black, mauve purple, white, yellow, and pink
Uses: Massing, specimen, shade garden
Maintenance: Low
Other: Deer/rabbit resistant, cut flower, evergreen

Hellebores or Lenten roses are one of the first flowers to bloom in the spring and their evergreen foliage adds winter interest to the shade garden. "Wedding Party Mix" is just that, a mixture of color strains custom blended at the plug level for a more evenly distributed mix. Colors in the mix include black, mauve purple, white, yellow, and pink. The flattened, saucer-shaped flowers bloom for weeks and make great cut or dried flowers thanks to the thicker petals. Lenten roses do best in fertile, moderately moist, well-drained soils in shade. All parts of the plant are poisonous.