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Hellebores

Flowering in winter, Hellebors are available in both single and double flower forms and in a range of colours from dark purple, pinks to yellow and white

Gardening with Jane Edmanson - For a little MAGIC in your garden
October 18, 2011

A listener wanted to know if hellebores can be grown by seed.

The ordinary Hellebore orientalis can be easily grown from seed which you can collect once the flowers have finished from the dry capsules.

However hybrids like H. ‘Ivory Prince’ though a beauty will rarely set seed.

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