'Monte Christo®' Snow Rose | Hellebore Gold Collection®
Truly a winter treasure
Grown by Jack
Hereford
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The highlights
- Position in partial shade or sun
- Winter colour for balconies and terraces
- Early-flowering from December
- Seriously easy to grow (plus fully hardy)
Description
- With silvery bluish evergreen leaves and cream coloured, green-tinged blooms on red flower stems, you can count on Monte Christo® to turn heads. Starting to flower in early December, it continues to flower into the new year. The flowers turn a delicate green with a pale rose edge over time
- Snow roses combine the frost and snow hardiness of the Christmas rose (Helleborus niger) with Mediterranean hellebore heritage, which allows them to reach their full potential even in fully sunny areas. They're also early flowering and fast growing
- Ideal for balconies and terraces in pots, as part of a woodland border or for underplanting deciduous trees and shrubs
- Plant in well drained soil in full sun or partial shade
- A long lived perennial which is fully hardy and easy to care for
- The Helleborus Gold Collection® brings together the best performing varieties of Christmas, Snow and Lenten roses. In the right location, they will thrive for decades with their fascinating winter flowers and evergreen foliage
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How To Grow
Excellent pest and disease resistance
Varieties from the Helleborus Gold Collection® are largely resistant to pests and diseases, but may occasionally be affected by aphids (on young plants) slugs and snails. Blackspot (Coniothyrium hellebori), is the most widely occurring fungal disease that can affect hellebores. To avoid fungal diseases, space the plants well to allow good air circulation and make sure to provide the hellebores with good drainage as waterlogging tends to encourage the occurrence of these fungi.
Water regularly
Helleborus are generally very robust and hardy perennials. Established plants have a large root system that will get them through drier periods well. However, once the plants begin to droop, they will need to be watered in order to enjoy flowering again next winter.
Full sun to partial shade
Christmas Roses and x lemperii prefer a partially shaded to shaded place that protects them from the midday sun in the summer. The mild winter sun doesn't bother them, which means that deciduous shrubs or trees are perfect neighbours for them. In contrast, Snow Roses also tolerate a sunnier place. If planted in the right spot, hellebores will last for decades.
Any fertile, well drained soil, particularly chalk
Hellebores are long-lived perennials. If they like the place where they have been put, they will stay there for many years. All varieties from the Helleborus Gold Collection® prefer rich and chalky soils, but will also thrive in other locations that are not prone to waterlogging.
Feed from the second year onwards
Hellebore plants do not require any fertiliser in their first spring. Feed older plants from February onwards and apply a second dressing of fertiliser in midsummer, when the plants grow new roots and initiate flower buds for the next season. If the plants suffer from lime deficiency, the soil can be improved by working in Dolomite lime or crushed eggshells.
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