Helleborus (Lenten Rose)

The JLBG collection includes about 14 species (including subspecies and varieties), 13 nothospecies; 665 clones

Despite Helleborus being a relative small genus, hybrids made through interspecific crosses have transported the genus from one of relative obscurity to one of the worlds' most popular perennials. You'll see the amazing diversity represented through the work below.

Significant improvements in the genus are due to the amazing work of: Hellen Ballard, Eric Smith, Elizabeth Strangman, John Massey/Kevin Belcher, Glenn Withey/Charles Price, Dan Hinkley, David Culp, Ernie and Marietta O'Byrne, Dick and Judith Tyler, Hans Hansen, Rodney Davey and Lynda Windsor, and Josef Heuger.

The UK's Will McLewin must also be recognized for his incredible work studying species in the wild, and making them available. His work, The Helleborastrum problem is a monumental must-have book for OCD Hellebore enthusiasts.

Here is a summary of the names published for groups of interspecific hellebore hybrids:

Helleborus x ashwoodensis – H. niger x H. versicarius
Helleborus x ballardiae – H. lividus x H. niger (mostly sterile)
Helleborus x belcheri – H. niger x H. thibetanus (sterile)
Helleborus x ericsmithii – H. x sternii (argutifolius x lividus) x niger (mostly sterile)
Helleborus x hybridus – crosses involving H. atrorubens, H. dumetorum, H. orientalis, H. purpurascens, H. multifidus, H. viridis (mostly fertile)
Helleborus x glandorfensis – H. x ericsmithii (niger x sternii) x H. x hybridus (sterile)
Helleborus x iburgensis – H. x ballardiae (lividus x niger) x H. x hybridus (sterile)
Helleborus x lemperii (formerly H. x lemonnierae) – H. x hybridus x H. niger (sterile)
Helleborus x nigercors – H. argutifolius x H. niger (sterile)
Helleborus x sahinii - H. foetidus x niger (sterile)
Helleborus x sternii – H. argutifolius x H. lividus (fertile)

These interspecific crosses have been made, but as yet are unnamed as a group:

H. x hybridus x thibetanus – represented by the clone. Helleborus 'Yoshino'
H. argutifolius x foetidus

Helleborus Gallery

Helleborus abruzzicus

Helleborus argutifolius

Helleborus argutifolius 'HGC Snow Fever'

Helleborus argutifolius 'Janet Starnes'

Helleborus argutifolius 'Laurelhurst'

Helleborus atrorubens

Helleborus atrorubens A1BLK-033

Helleborus croaticus 'Bells of the Ball'

Helleborus foetidus 'Chedglow'

Helleborus foetidus 'Dunham'

Helleborus foetidus 'Gertrude Jeckyll'

Helleborus foetidus 'Gertrude Jekyll'

Helleborus foetidus 'Green Giant'

Helleborus foetidus 'Krenitsky'

Helleborus foetidus 'Leather and Lace'

Helleborus foetidus 'Red Silver'

Helleborus liguricus TCM 09-324

Helleborus lividus

Helleborus lividus 'White Marble'

Helleborus multifidus ssp. bocconei

Helleborus multifidus ssp. hercegovinus

Helleborus multifidus ssp. hercegovinus 'Fairy Hair'

Helleborus multifidus ssp. istriacus

Helleborus multifidus ssp. multifidus

Helleborus multifidus x odorus

Helleborus multifidus x torquatus

Helleborus niger 'Ashwood Double Pink'

Helleborus niger 'Cliffwood'

Helleborus niger 'Double Fashion'

Helleborus niger 'HGC Jacob'

Helleborus niger 'HGC Josef Lemper' PP 15,615

Helleborus niger 'Jesko'

Helleborus niger 'Mont Blanc'

Helleborus niger 'Nell Lewis Strain'

Helleborus niger 'Snow Frills'

Helleborus niger ssp. macranthus 'Sunny Border'

Helleborus niger 'Tabby'

Helleborus odorus

Helleborus orientalis WM9604

Helleborus purpurascens TCM10-487

Helleborus thibetanus

Helleborus torquatus

Helleborus torquatus narrow leaf

Helleborus torquatus Serbia

Helleborus torquatus var. serbicus

Helleborus torquatus Variegated

Helleborus torquatus WM9816

Helleborus vesicarius

Helleborus viridis

Helleborus x ballardiae 'Camelot'

Helleborus x ballardiae 'Cinnamon Snow'

Helleborus x ballardiae 'Maestro' PP 23,859

Helleborus x ballardiae 'Mahogany Snow' PP 23,898

Helleborus x ballardiae 'Merlin' PP 22,350

Helleborus x ballardiae 'Pink Frost'

Helleborus x ballardiae 'Raulston Remembered'

Helleborus x ballardiae 'Snow Dance' PP 22,425

Helleborus x ballardiae 'Spring Party'

Helleborus x ballardiae 'Spring Party' PP 22,021 (Moonlit Marble)

Helleborus x belcheri 'Magic Leaves'

Helleborus x delabroyensis 'Marshmallow'

Helleborus x delabroyensis'Marshmallow'

Helleborus x ericsmithii 'Angel Glow'

Helleborus x ericsmithii 'Candy Love'

Helleborus x ericsmithii 'Champion'

Helleborus x ericsmithii 'HGC Joker'

Helleborus x ericsmithii 'HGC Silvermoon'

Helleborus x ericsmithii 'HGC Winters Glow'

Helleborus x ericsmithii 'Monte Cristo'

Helleborus x ericsmithii 'Pink Beauty'

Helleborus x ericsmithii 'Pirouette'

Helleborus x ericsmithii 'Platinum Rose'

Helleborus x ericsmithii 'Ruby Glow'

Helleborus x ericsmithii 'Shooting Star'

Helleborus x ericsmithii 'Twice as Nice'

Helleborus x ericsmithii 'Winter Moonbeam'

Helleborus x ericsmithii 'Winter Song'

Helleborus x ericsmithii 'Winter Sunshine'

Helleborus x ericsmtihii 'Winter Moonbeam'

Helleborus x glandoforensis 'Ice N' Roses Picotee'

Helleborus x glandoforensis 'Ice N' Roses Pink'

Helleborus x glandorfensis 'Ice n Roses Red'

Helleborus x glandorfensis 'Ice N Roses Rosado'

Helleborus x glandorfensis 'Ice n Roses White'

Helleborus x glandorfensis 'Ice's and Roses Barolo'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Amber Gem'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Amethyst Gem'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Apricot Blush'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Ashwood Elegance Pearl'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Berry Swirl'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Black Diamond'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Blushing Bridesmaid'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Casias Red'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Cherry Blossom'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Confetti Cake'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Cotton Candy'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Dark and Handsome'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Elegance White'

Helleborus x hybridus 'First Dance'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Flower Girl'

Helleborus x hybridus 'French Kiss'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Gold Finch'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Golden Lotus'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Golden Sunrise'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Grand Burgundy'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Harlequin Gem'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Heronswood Violet Red'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Ibis'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Ice and Fire'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Jade Tiger'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Kingston Cardinal'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Maid of Honor'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Mardi Gras Double Light Pink'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Mardi Gras Double White'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Mardi Gras Double White w Red Spots'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Mrs. Betty Ranicar'

Helleborus x hybridus 'New York Night'

Helleborus x hybridus 'North Star Plum'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Onyx Odyssey'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Painted Bunting'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Painted Double'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Painted Singles'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Peppermint Ice'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Phoebe'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Phoenix'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Picotee Pearl'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Red Sapphire'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Rio Carnival'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Romantic Getaway'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Rome in Red'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Rose Quartz'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Royal Beauty'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Ruby Wine'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Sandy Shores'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Spanish Flare'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Sparkling Diamond'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Splashdown'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Starling'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Sun Flare'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Tropical Sunset'

Helleborus x hybridus 'True Love'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Tutu'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Wedding Bells'

Helleborus x hybridus 'White Pearl'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Winter Dream Black'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Winter Dream White'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Winter Wren'

Helleborus x iburgensis 'Anna's Red'

Helleborus x iburgensis 'Bayli's Blush'

Helleborus x iburgensis 'Charmer'

Helleborus x iburgensis 'Cheryl's Shine'

Helleborus x iburgensis 'Dana's Dulcet'

Helleborus x iburgensis 'Dorothy's Dawn'

Helleborus x iburgensis 'Glenda's Gloss'

Helleborus x iburgensis 'Illumi Lime'

Helleborus x iburgensis 'Molly's White'

Helleborus x iburgensis 'Penny's Pink'

Helleborus x iburgensis 'Pippa's Purple'

Helleborus x iburgensis 'Sally's Shell'

Helleborus x lemperii 'Madame Lemonnier' PP 25,646

Helleborus x lemperii 'Walburton's Rosemary'

Helleborus x nigercors 'Coseh850'

Helleborus x nigercors 'Green Heron'

Helleborus x nigercors 'HGC Green Corsican'

Helleborus x nigercors 'Honeyhill Joy'

Helleborus x nigercors 'Ice Breaker Corsica'

Helleborus x nigercors 'Ice Breaker Fancy'

Helleborus x nigercors 'Ice Breaker Gala'

Helleborus x nigercors 'Ice Breaker Pico'

Helleborus x nigercors 'Ice Breaker Prelude'

Helleborus x nigercors 'Pine Knot Select'

Helleborus x nigercors 'Snow Love'

Helleborus x nigercors 'White Beauty'

Helleborus x nigersmithii 'Walhelivor'

Helleborus x sahinii 'Winterbells'

Helleborus x sternii 'Blackthorn'

Helleborus x sternii 'Boughton Beauty'

Helleborus x sternii 'Fire and Ice'

Helleborus x sternii 'Hot Flash'

Helleborus x sternii 'Rachel'

Helleborus x sternii 'Silver Dollar'

Helleborus x sternii 'Winter's Grace'

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Helleborus (Lenten Rose)

Here is a summary of the names published for groups of interspecific hellebore hybrids:

Helleborus Gallery

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