By planting them in early fall you provide the best growing conditions for them. Do not fertilize Helleborus during the summer months, since they are in their resting period. Fully to half hardy. They should be protected from harsh winds in the winter. These do best in full shade.
Major growth occurs in the spring.
Add Helle01 to the Shopping Basket Niger Evergreen, clump forming with deep leathery green leaves and cup-shaped, nodding white flowers with golden stamens borne in winter or early spring. USD Helle02 Add Helle02 to the Shopping Basket Orientalis Red Mountain Tough clumps of leathery evergreen leaves. Flowers stalks appear holding large nodding flowers in deep red often with contrasting spots, in early spring. Excellent for under trees. Part shade and well drained soil.