Red Lady Helleborus - Lenten Rose |
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Ranunculaceae Helleborus X Hybridus Metallica Red 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 | Red |
Blooms | Spring 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 'Metallica Red 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 spring and winter Red Lady Helleborus produces red flowers. The foliage is dark green in color. It attracts visual attention and is resistant to deer, insects, diseases and heat.
Red 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.
Red Lady Helleborus produces eyecatching, cup-shaped, long-lasting, rich burgundy red flowers that appear in late winter through early spring over mounds of dark green glossy, thick, leathery evergreen leaves. Mature clumps are 15 inches tall and 24 to 30 inches wide.