Helleborus 'Coseh 4500' HGC ICE'N ROSES® WHITE
Helleborus 'Coseh 4500' HGC ICE'N ROSES® WHITE
Lenten rose, hellebore
Lenten rose, hellebore
| SIZE/TYPE | low perennial |
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| USUAL HEIGHT | 0.3-0.5m |
| USUAL WIDTH | 0.3-0.5m |
| LEAVES | evergreen broadleaf |
| COLOUR OF LEAVES |
 green |
| FLOWERS | showy |
| COLOUR OF FLOWERS |
 white
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| BLOOMING TIME | January - April |
| LOCATION | full to partial sun |
| SOIL TYPE | neutral to alkaline |
| SOIL MOISTURE REQUIREMENTS | evenly moist (dislikes drought) |
| USDA zone (lowest) | 5 (down to -29°C) |
| WINTER PROTECTION | |
| FOR ZONE 5+6 |
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| FOR ZONE 7 |
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| BELONGS TO CATEGORIES |
Perennials Evergreen broadleaf Winter blooms |
Hellebore (Lenten rose) is not a new plant to Czech and Slovak gardens. I remember those flowering stems that surprisingly pushed through the snow in late winter and I kept asking grandma how come that a plant can flower while there is still snow on the ground. These evergreen perennials are still very popular, mainly thanks to newly hybridized varieties with fantastic flowers. German nursery Heuger has been breeding Lenten roses since 1950’s. No wonder they are considered the top producers of these beautiful plants in Europe. Their Helleborus Gold Collection® (HGC) is a trademark for the best inventions in the field of hybrid hellebores.
ICE N‘ ROSES® is an attractive series of early hellebores bred by Josef Heuger from Germany. It is a cross of h. x eriscmithii or h. x ballardiae and h. x hybridus, and Josef Heuger named it in honour of his hometown Glandorf: helleborus x glandorfensis. It produces dense tufts with profusion of very large flowers which in warm winters come out in profusion from early December until February. In cold (normal) winters of zones 5-6 blooming starts from late February and lasts almost 3 months.
ICE N‘ ROSES® WHITE is a surprisingly snow-white variety of this late flowering Lenten rose. Possibly in order to offer a complete range of colour Heuger launched even two white-flowering varieties within this series despite the fact that white colour is typical for early flowering Christmas roses. But they would be past blooming by the time this Lenten rose picks up so hence the reason why. The flowers are large, single, and decorated with a bunch of light-yellow stamens and a chartreuse crown. Evergreen leaves are leathery, palmate, deep green, and form a compact, reliably showy, and evergreen clump until spring. Stems are deep maroon, slightly over 40 cm tall. Patent No. PP28293 was granted in 2017.
Hellebore likes heavy, evenly moist, neutral to alkaline, rich in humus soil in dappled shade or filtered sun. This hybrid will prefer at least half a day with direct sunlight. Fertilizing will increase flowering and help the leaves remain strong and nice throughout the winter. Grow it somewhere near your house entrance or close to the window you look out of frequently so that you can enjoy the plant when it starts flowering since at that time the weather outside is not yet ideal for walking around the garden. The flowers can cheer up a number of grey and gloomy days of late winter therefore thumbs up for hellebore! Harmful if eaten. Hardy to at least -29 °C (USDA zone 5).
Last update 17-02-2025
ICE N‘ ROSES® is an attractive series of early hellebores bred by Josef Heuger from Germany. It is a cross of h. x eriscmithii or h. x ballardiae and h. x hybridus, and Josef Heuger named it in honour of his hometown Glandorf: helleborus x glandorfensis. It produces dense tufts with profusion of very large flowers which in warm winters come out in profusion from early December until February. In cold (normal) winters of zones 5-6 blooming starts from late February and lasts almost 3 months.
ICE N‘ ROSES® WHITE is a surprisingly snow-white variety of this late flowering Lenten rose. Possibly in order to offer a complete range of colour Heuger launched even two white-flowering varieties within this series despite the fact that white colour is typical for early flowering Christmas roses. But they would be past blooming by the time this Lenten rose picks up so hence the reason why. The flowers are large, single, and decorated with a bunch of light-yellow stamens and a chartreuse crown. Evergreen leaves are leathery, palmate, deep green, and form a compact, reliably showy, and evergreen clump until spring. Stems are deep maroon, slightly over 40 cm tall. Patent No. PP28293 was granted in 2017.
Hellebore likes heavy, evenly moist, neutral to alkaline, rich in humus soil in dappled shade or filtered sun. This hybrid will prefer at least half a day with direct sunlight. Fertilizing will increase flowering and help the leaves remain strong and nice throughout the winter. Grow it somewhere near your house entrance or close to the window you look out of frequently so that you can enjoy the plant when it starts flowering since at that time the weather outside is not yet ideal for walking around the garden. The flowers can cheer up a number of grey and gloomy days of late winter therefore thumbs up for hellebore! Harmful if eaten. Hardy to at least -29 °C (USDA zone 5).
Last update 17-02-2025
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