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Lenten Rose
Helleborus orientalis
Lenten Rose is a fast-growing perennial, hardy in USDA zones 4-9, that matures to about 1-1.5 ft × 1-1.5 ft. It does best in part shade and full shade with medium water needs in well-drained and moist soil. Expect pink, red and white blooms in spring. It attracts pollinators, stands up well to deer, pollution and poor soil, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 4-9
- Sun
- Part shade, Full shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 1-1.5 ft × 1-1.5 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist
- Bloom color
- Pink, Red, White
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Attracts
- Pollinators
- Tough against
- Deer, Pollution, Poor soil, Rabbits
- Toxic to
- People
- Native to
- Turkey, Caucasus
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