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Photo by jacki-dee
AKA: Hellebore 'Black Diamond'
LIGHT Partial sun:3-6 hours of sunlight Shade: less than 3 hours of sunlight WATERING Water weekly, more in extreme heat, until established AVERAGE SIZE Reaches |5 to (8 in. tall and 18 to 92 in. wide. BLOOMS Early Spring HARDINESS USDA Zones 4.9 Avg. min. temp -30 to -20°F LANDSCAPE USE Woodland Garden, Mass Planting, Border SPECIAL FEATURES waterwise, deer resistant
04/2018: Planted behind garage in spring of 2018.
Photo by jacki-dee
I’ve had a couple Ivory Prince hellebores along the front sidewalk for years. They are beautiful plants – but expensive and don’t like to be moved – so I’ve hesitated to buy more until I saw this one. The flower is very deep blue, almost black, so I took the plunge. I think it needs a little more TLC than I normally give my plants – the new growth is nice but the flowers look a bit shoddy, possibly due to slug damage.