Go Back Peppermint Ruffles

Posted: May 7, 2019 at 4:43 PM
Helleborus 'Peppermint Ruffles'
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Plant Type: Perennials

Fully double, large three inch blossoms are a contrasting blend of white and deep magenta pink tones with creamy yellow stamens.  This especially vigorous selection bears forty to sixty flowers on mature four year old plants in early through mid-spring.

Like all WINTER THRILLERS hellebores, these doubles have beautiful dark green, bushy foliage that looks great all year.  This one’s a must-have for spring impulse sales!

 

Hellebores are the harbingers of spring, blooming for six weeks or more beginning in late winter.  They are often flowering during the Christian season of Lent, from which they get their common name, Lenten Rose.  This is the perfect plant for naturalizing in moist, woodland areas where its extensive root system will spread as far as it is allowed.

 

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Flower Color

Pink shades

Foliage Color

Green shades

Plant Spread

24 inches

Good Companions

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Plant Height

18-22 inches

Scape Height

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Hardness Zone

4-9

Soil Moisture

Average soil, Fertile soil

Characteristics & Attributes

Attributes

Border plants, Container, Cut flower or foliage, Drought tolerant, Evergreen, Mass planting, Salt tolerant, Easy to grow

Bloom Time

Early spring, Mid-spring

Critter Resistance

Deer, Rabbit

Exposure

Part shade to full shade

Growth Rate

Slow

Seasonal Interests

Evergreen (in some or all zones)