Full Sun
Easy care
Moderate watering
Frost Hardy
8a
USDA zone
-12°C
Minimum temperature
Expected size
Height | Spread | |
|---|---|---|
50cm | Max | 50cm |
10cm | Min | 10cm |
5 years to reach maturity
Flowering
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spring
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summer
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autumn
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winter
This plant has no fragrance
Eric Smith's Hellebore Overview
This clump forming, semi evergreen perennial is a hybrid between H. x sternii and H. niger. It's dark green toothed leaves have a metallic sheen and are marked with white veins. In late winter it produces large white flowers that are tinged pink.
Common problems with Eric Smith's Hellebore
Hellebores can also suffer from black rot and from black death which appears as black streaking and mottling between leaf veins, or black marks in a ringspot pattern down the leaf stalks.
How to harvest Eric Smith's Hellebore
Flowers can be picked for the vase: pick at fully ripe stage to extend the vase life, that is when the stamens have dropped off and the seed pods have started to form. They may be less attractive, but they will last longer.
How to propagate Eric Smith's Hellebore
Division
Divide plants after flowering in spring.
Seed
Seeds can be sown as soon as they are harvested.
Special features of Eric Smith's Hellebore
Attractive flowers
Winter colour
Other uses of Eric Smith's Hellebore
Perfect for underplanting of roses and shrubs in flower beds/borders in sheltered areas.