We are rightly skeptical of great new plant claims, since so many new introductions fail to live up to the marketing hype, so we were cautiously optimistic when we planted our first trial plants of Helleborus x glandorfensis a couple of years ago.

These new, thought to be impossible hybrids of Helleborus niger x Helleborus x hybridus, have indeed lived up to the marketing hype. They are similar to the incredible Helleborus x iburgensis hybrids, which preceded them (crosses of Helleborus niger, hybridus, and lividus), but without Helleborus lividus, which produces the leaf veination, but reduces the flower size slightly.

The H. x glandorfensis hybrids (created by breeders in Glandorf, Germany) have dark, black green foliage, with flowers which are ridiculously large for a lenten rose.

Both the H. x glandorfensis and the x iburgensis hybrids have outfacing flowers and do not produce seed. You can’t go wrong with any of these amazing hybrids for the winter garden!

Helleborus x glandorfensis ‘Ice and Roses Red’

Helleborus x glandorfensis ‘Ice and Roses White’