HoneymoonŽ Sandy Shores Hellebore

Description

Helleborus 'Sandy Shores'

Height: 20 inches
Spread: 24 inches
Sunlight: partial shade to shade
Hardiness Zone: 4a
Other Names: Lenten Rose, Winter Rose

Description:
A beautiful bushy and upright variety featuring lovely pale apricot blooms with rosy pink undersides; attractive green leathery foliage; great for cut flower arrangements or in shaded containers or borders; low maintenance and easy to grow.

Ornamental Features:
Honeymoon® Sandy Shores Hellebore features showy nodding peach cup-shaped flowers with rose overtones at the ends of the stems from late winter to early spring. Its glossy pointy compound leaves remain green in color throughout the year.

Landscape Attributes:
Honeymoon® Sandy Shores 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.

Planting & Growing:
Honeymoon® Sandy Shores Hellebore will grow to be about 18 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. This plant should not require much in the way of fertilizing once established, although it may appreciate a shot of general-purpose fertilizer from time to time early in the growing season. 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.

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