The overpowering fragrance from the pendulous purple-lipped flowers fills our cottage garden for weeks in earliest spring, and this has been likened to mahonia perfume). This form is the rare, sweetly-perfumed form of Helleborus foetidus (so called because only the attractive, thick, waxy, divided FOLIAGE has a musky smell if bruised!). ... Learn More

The superb red stalked form of H. foetidus - only so called because of the odour released on breaking the foliage, so look, don't manhandle the poor plant. On some plants the deep colouration continues from the main stem to the leaf petiole and into the flowering head consisting of numerous purple rimmed green flowers. Seedlings come rewardingly true, but select the very darkest for cuttings. The deepest coloration is very pronounced in a dry spot and especially in a dry season. ... Learn More

This is a quite delightful variety of hellebore in which each flower has an attractive ring of frilly petals (which are in fact oversized nectaries) within the usual petals producing an attractive, frilly, doubling effect. The sizeable, upturned flowers come in the usual range of bright colours. ... Learn More

Given to us by a good friend many years ago, this lovely variant produces several quite tall thin stems holding relatively diminutive, almost black flowers, that do indeed resemble black buttercups. It makes a distinctive and attractive variation from all other hellebores we grow. Some variations may occur from these seeds but all should be lovely. ... Learn More

A selection from some of our best Helleborus orientalis plants which are guaranteed to brighten up your garden with a splash of colour in early spring. All the very best forms have been selected by hand and concentrated in this selection. ... Learn More

These seeds were collected from the darkest plants we grow, which originated from one of the country's top hellebore breeders. Deepest plums and purples open from slate coloured buds, many plants having the extra bonus of the dark foliage of their parents. ... Learn More

Sumptuous deep purple-black flowers with prominent white stamen. Flowers hang over a foliage which starts dark and turns more glossy green with age. Prefers partial shade with free-draining soil or compost. Excellent for use in early spring containers, but equally happy in the bed or shady border. ... Learn More

A true harbinger of spring, Helleborus orientalis 'Double Pinks' bring a touch of delicacy to the winter-weary garden. Its nodding, fully double blooms—blushed in soft to rich pink—emerge from evergreen clumps of leathery, divided foliage. Blooming from late winter into early spring, this long-lived perennial offers subtle drama when little else is in flower. Equally at home in woodland borders, under deciduous shrubs, or naturalised in dappled shade, it's as dependable as it is beautiful. ... Learn More

Seed from the most beautiful plants we have ever grown. Large, waxy, extravagantly marked flowers produce gasps of awe from all who see them. These gorgeous plants are descendants of many of Helen Ballard's famous named forms. ... Learn More

These superb, fully double Hellebores do indeed bear an amazing resemblance to roses and come in all shades from pure white to red, including greens and yellows, and are often heavily marked and shaded. The long stems are perfect for cutting too. Wonderful, bone-hardy, perennial, trouble-free plants! ... Learn More

Seed saved from the very best forms of Helleborus orientalis that we grow in our gardens, including pinks, maroons and mottled and patterned heads. This fabulous selection will impress everyone who is fortunate enough to discover these emerging in March, April and May each year! ... Learn More

Wide open, nodding, golden-eyed flowers in reds and deepest pinks, and all attractively speckled within, flaunt their beauty in earliest spring. These plants are exceptionally easy to grow, are very long-lived and once established will put on a wonderful trouble-free annual display. After two or three years you will find they also spread by self-seeding! ... Learn More

The original seeds of this lovely orientalis form came from our friend Rita's best black flowered plant, and the seedlings are all good with flowers ranging to darkest, deepest purple. ... Learn More

Bunches of open, saucer-like flowers, of a startling bright green, massed on strong stems in early spring. Very early flowering, long-lived flowers which are excellent for cutting. ... Learn More

This remarkable and impressive hybrid between H. argutifolius and H. lividus, which seeds quite true, has inherited the robust hardiness of H. argutifolius, but retained the purple seeds pods and green and pink marbled foliage, coloured red beneath, of H. lividus. ... Learn More