Common name: Lenten Rose

Description: Helleborus x hybridus 'Tutu' is a highly ornamental lenten rose bearing exquisite fully double pink flowers with ruffled, tutu-like petals that give the blooms an extraordinary depth and fullness. Flowering from mid-winter to early spring, the blooms persist for many weeks and slowly fade to soft, muted tones with age. An evergreen perennial that forms slowly spreading clumps, it is ideal for shaded borders and woodland-style gardens. The double flowers retain an upward-facing habit, making them easier to appreciate than many nodding hellebores.

Other benefits: fully double flowers, upward-facing blooms, evergreen, deer and rabbit resistant

Wildlife attraction: bees and early pollinators in late winter

Height & spread (approx.) at 10 years: 45cm x 45cm

Position: partial shade to full shade

Soil pH: neutral to slightly alkaline

Moisture: moist but well-drained; humus-rich soil preferred

Winter hardiness: cold hardy to -20°C