Winter Jewels ‘Painted Doubles’ Helleborus (Lenten Rose) – 1 Gallon Pot

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-8b  Find Your Zone

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Plant Type:  Evergreen Perennial

Flower Color:  White with painted Burgundy-Purple centers

Flower Size:  Large, 3″  

Flowering Period:  Late Winter to Mid or Late Spring

Flower Type:  Double

Fragrant Flowers:  No

Foliage Color:  Deep Green

Fragrant Foliage:  NA

Berries:  NA

Berry Color:  NA

Attracts:  Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Visual Attention

Resistances:  Deer, Disease, Heat, Insect, Rabbit, Deep Shade, Slug

One of the most eye-catching Helleborus that gets the most oohhs and ahhs from guests browsing our gardens, ‘Painted Doubles’ is an artistic masterpiece of a Lenten Rose created by world-renowned Hellebore breeder Marietta Ernie O’Byrne. From late winter through spring, this beauty produces large double white flowers with each petal artistically brushed with deep plum-purple and red hues. The long-lasting flowers provide welcome color in the garden when not much else is blooming and are excellent for cutting and use in arrangements or to float in a bowl of water. Upright, evergreen foliage emerges purple and matures to a handsome blue-tinted deep green. You might be happy to know that Helleborus are deer and rabbit resistant, heat and cold tolerant (-30F), and will thrive in full to part shade and mostly sun in cooler climates. That said, in our own gardens we always plant Helleborus in shady sites because that’s where we think they stand out and shine the most.

Growing 15 to 18 inches tall and about 2 feet wide over time, the Painted Double Helleborus is ideal for use as an accent, in groupings, massed as a groundcover, or as a border along walkways and paths. Perfect under large shade trees, decks, covered porches and any other shady location. Don’t think you have any shade? Look on the east side of your home. Also nice in pots, planters and other containers and a fine addition to shade gardens and woodland gardens. 

Suggested Spacing:  18 inches apart for mass plantings; 3 feet or more apart for space between plants