Propagation Two methods are used to increase one's stock of plants. The first is division. This offers the gardener the best way of increasing the numbers of named forms or special individuals, as hellebores in general are very promiscuous. Division is best done around early September. Avoid taking miserable little pieces as your progation stock, divide properly.
Seed is the second.
Most hellebore seed is ripe by mid-summer and if not collected straight away will fall to the ground and germinate there. The best time to sow is when the seed is fully ripe, normally in the second half of June or early July. Hellebore seed does not need winter's freezing to spark germination, this is a myth. Sowing in pots will give the best results. Most will germinate by Christmas and the majority will flower after two years and all should by the third year.