Lenten rose ‘HGC Pink Frost’
* Common name: Lenten rose ‘HGC Pink Frost’
Lenten rose ‘HGC Pink Frost’
National Garden Bureau
* Botanical name: Helleborus x ballardiae ‘HGC Pink Frost’
* What it is: A deer-resistant, shade perennial with glossy evergreen leaves and rosy-pink flowers that can emerge as early as late winter, continuing into early spring.
* Size: 18 inches tall, 2-foot spread
* Where to use: Cluster in any shady or partly-shaded bed. Excellent as groundcover under trees.
* Care: Keep damp the first season, then water usually not needed. Scatter balanced organic granular fertilizer over the bed in early spring. Snip off flower stems after bloom. Also snip off any leaves that have browned, usually at end of winter. Let green leaves stand.
* Great partner: Any big shade tree. Lenten rose tolerates shade and roots, and it makes a low-maintenance flowering carpet. Pennsylvania sedge or liriope make good grassy-textured partners.