Metallic Blue Lady Helleborus - Lenten Rose |
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Ranunculaceae Helleborus X Hybridus Metallic Blue Lady |
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Grows In | Zone 4A · -30° to -25° F through Zone 9B · 25° to 30° F |
Sun Exposure | Full / Mostly Shade, Morning Sun / Evening Shade, Dappled Light / Filtered Sun |
Soil Drainage | Well Drained |
Resistent To | Deer Resistant, Insect, Disease, Heat |
Flower Color | Dark Purple, Violet, Midnight Blue |
Blooms | Winter Blooms, Early Spring Blooms |
Foliage Color | Dark Green |
Average Height | 1' to 2' |
Average Width | 1' to 2' |
Attracts | Visual Attention |
Fragrances | None |
Helleborus X Hybridus 'Metallic Blue Lady' is a moderate growing perennial plant that can be grown in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 4A through 9B. It matures to an average height of 1 foot to 2 feet and an average width of 1 foot to 2 feet, depending on climate and other environmental factors. It prefers growing in a location that provides shade, morning sun with afternoon shade or filtered sun and grows best when planted in loam, clay or silt soil that is well drained. In the winter Metallic Blue Lady Helleborus produces dark purple, violet and midnight blue flowers. The foliage is dark green in color. It attracts visual attention and is resistant to deer, insects, diseases and heat.
Metallic Blue Lady Helleborus can be useful in the landscape along woodland borders, in mass plantings, in containers or planters, as a border or edger, under a shade tree, as a groundcover, in landscape beds or islands or in small groupings and also in theme gardens, cottage gardens, perennial gardens or shade gardens.
The Helleborus 'Metallic Blue Lady' is a long-lived perennial that produces striking blue flowers with a silvery-metallic cast from February through April. Thick, leathery, dark green foliage is very attractive in the garden year round. This exciting hybrid was developed by Helleborus breeder, Gisela Schmiemann of Cologne, Germany.