I did this 2 yrs ago…and last year, I had a lot of buds on both. I started with a plant my mother in law gave me over 25 years ago, divided from one her mother in law gave her. I now have over 50 different plants. Learn how your comment data is processed. I divide them when they bloom in the spring. ; Remove the shrub from the container, gently tease the roots. H. orientalis is a shorter growing variety, with a beautiful flower. They are native to central and south Europe … Ted's favourites include H.orientalis a double pink hybrid, and he has bred double plums and double whites in small numbers. Where to plant. Carolyn. Carolyn. I would check with your local arboretum/botanical garden. Carolyn, Had never considered dividing mine…will look at those that are old enough to do this and spread the wealth…, Donna, Send me a comment if you have any further questions when it is time to divided your hellebores. Joey, The huge plants are amazing, and I keep adding more hellebores because so many appear that I can’t bear to sell. I’ll keep your method in mind should I decide to divide any more. So that's hellebores. I am in zone 7 of N. Alabama and have felt like I had black thumbs since moving here from So Cal ten years ago. Holley, Now I think I should have been more restrained in my size estimate. That way you avoid unnecessary injury to the plant. They all have huge 24″ flower stalks. This would include most of Victoria, Tasmania, cooler mountainous regions of NSW and the cooler parts of South Australia. Notes: Every word that appears in orange on my blog is a link that you can click for more information. Dig an 8-inch-deep circle around the hellebore plant, 6 inches from its outermost leaves. You can move hellebores in early spring or fall. Quality is too important to me, and the money for writing magazine articles, even features, just isn’t very good. I love hellebores for many reasons. I have divided up many of my originals as I have a large south facing garden that I want to be completely under planted with hellebores. But without the chance to improve the soil, regular mulching and feeding in the autumn is wise. Carolyn. It is the only hellebore that likes somewhat moist conditions. I have 2 that are ok, not great, but flowering. I always divide my hellebores as they are coming into bloom because each flower represents a potential division. I love the early color they give the garden and I will definitely be adding more. P x, Pam, I was very excited to have a feature article in Horticulture, but generally writing magazine articles wasn’t for me for the reasons I have explained in previous replies. Any seedlings would be more easily visible and accessible at this time of cutting back foliage. Use a sharp knife to split the plant in two, making sure each half has attached roots. Last yr. For photographs of the full range of their colors, please read my article, Hybrid hellebores are expensive relative to other perennials because it takes three to five years for them to bloom. For details about how your personal information will be handled by the ABC, please see our Privacy Collection Statement. The hellebore has surprised me this past year with seed sprouted baby plants! Hellebore is the common spelling for Helleborus spp., a genus of flowering perennials that grow in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 3 through 9, depending on species.Ideally, transplant hellebores during their dormant period in fall.The popular variety lenten rose (Helleborus orientalis), hardy in USDA zones 4 through 9, adapts most readily to transplanting. Thanks again, I am definitely as quirky and opinionated as she was. However hellebores, like hostas, are best left to mature into large clumps and not split. They are really beautiful. For the root-bound plants, leave the root system in its current “solid mass”? Tina, I just wrote articles for gardening magazines for about three years on the side. Pulmonarias are somewhat difficult to divide because they have very few roots which break off easily. The main species grown in Australia include Helleborus orientalis, but Helleborus foetidus is also popular. Great info! I tried to divide an 8-9 yr. old helleborus but a tree-root is on top beneath the soil; latter tree has since been removed. ( I better mention I live in southern Australia – south is our shady side!) One more question, a neighbor is going to give me some of his heleborus plants, he has a lot, his garden is over 20 years old. I often read in gardening books that you should cut off a portion of the plant while it’s still in the ground and wonder if the writer has ever tried that method. What are they and what can be done to eliminate them chemical free? Hi Carolyn, i don’t know hellebores because we dont have them here, just see them in photos. Hybrid hellebores are expensive relative to other perennials because it takes three to five years for them to bloom. The only plants that we ship are snowdrops and miniature hostas. I am a fan of dividing perennials – it is such a good way of creating lots more new, vigorous plants. Carolyn, your Hellebore posts (all of them) are marvelous and so informative. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Carolyn. Carolyn. ), just click here. Hellebores take three to five years from seed. We had a hard winter this year and the hellebores seem to have loved it because they are blooming profusely. gil, Gail, ‘Ivory Prince’ is such a beautiful hellebore with its rose blushed ivory blooms and silvery foliage with red highlights. Water well, particularly during summer. Since what we grow are hellebore plants, that's often what I plant. While dividing and transplanting hellebores is usually done in early fall or late winter, sometimes circumstances require us to do so at an inopportune time. Reproduced below is my step-by-step guide to dividing a hybrid hellebore. If plants become overgrown divide and replant them in new locations in spring just after they have finished flowering and pick off brown or dried flower heads as needed. I had no idea what they even were until I began blogging! Thank you. Before you attempt any cuts, please make sure you have a heavy duty knife that is very sharp, preferably with serrations on some portion of the blade. Seed germination and emergence of new plants occurs just this one time during the year? I bought 3 hellebores last spring and I have blooms now! Carolyn, I divided my hellebores a while ago. Now if you could only tell me how to divide pumonarias I have some friends who would be most happy. Another special is a H. orientalis cultivar - with its white star shaped big bloom and a little green at the base of the petal. Hellebores can be grown permanently in pots and placed in a prominent position once they are in bloom. The American hellebore book written by Tyler and Burrell seems to discuss only cold hardiness. Plant your new divisions in full shade to almost full sun. Your suggestions for roguing seedlings from interior of clump? However, the most beautiful hybrid hellebore specimens in my garden are my large clumps that have never been divided. And your mature hellebores are enormous! Thanks, Carolyn, Hi Carolyn, I’ve just discovered your blog and know it will be fun to return often. Glad to hear about the Christmas rose. Rebecca, I identified you hellebore as a hybrid, Helleborus x hybridus. I just realized that I didn’t answer your question in this post. I just wanted to say to you, thank you, for introducing me to the wonderful world of hellebores. I didn’t like writing for magazines because they edit, add photos, and caption photos without any input from the author. Carolyn. Regards Liz, Liz, Thanks for sharing your story of hellebores as a pass along plant in Australia no less. ; To assist with soil moisture retention, mix in some Yates Waterwise Water Storage Crystals into the potting mix. Alistair, What they really are are winter beauties. Orchids to you are what hellebores are to me so I know you can appreciate how much I love them. The method outlined below can also be applied to all species hellebores except Majorcan hellebore (Helleborus lividus), Corsican hellebore (H. argutifolius), and bearsfoot hellebore (H. foetidus). Picked hellebore flowers don't last well in a vase, so they are best displayed as floating flowers in a flat bowl. Timing of seed germination around mother plants in the ground seems to be late-winter. Deb, You can’t go wrong with a hybrid hellebore. I always dig up hostas and daylilies too, If anything they are easier to divide than big hellebores. Hellebores can be divided, allowing you to create new plants for free. Hellebore is an elegant perennial winter flower, which is suitable for shady areas during late winter and spring. Although plants may be slow to settle in, once they do, they rarely need division and may resent it. . Hellebores can be propagated by division. Carolyn. The root system is extensive, try to remove as much root, and as much soil, as possible. Hellebores are so tough and log-lived that they will probably outlive all of us. Carolyn’s Shade Gardens is a retail nursery located in Bryn Mawr, PA, specializing in showy, colorful, and unusual plants for shade. ORDER BY PHONE CALL 1300 606 242. There are 17 Hellebore species. Your articles on shade loving plants are delightful! An economical way to increase your supply is to divide your own desirable plants. And while your plant has been stressed, it sounds like you are giving it the TLC it needs right now. I suggested the topic because so many gardeners think hybrid hellebores are difficult to grow and wouldn’t think of dividing them. Hellebores are not troubled by frost or snow. Carolyn. One of your replies mentions using “a hatchet and rock hammer to divide some really large hellebore clumps.” Have you ever tried a sawzall? I agree with you on the dividing method Carolyn. Hellebores are tough garden plants, well suited to the climate of south eastern Australia. Jan, H. argutifolius or Corsican hellebore and H. foetidus or bearsfoot hellebore are two of the types that can’t be divided the way I described. I have turned a corner and look forward to more garden delights in the next ten years. Carolyn, I apologize for my tardy comment on this outstanding post. Carolyn. Lots of mistakes are made, and the author has no control over them but his or her name is on the article. You can lift and divide hellebores in autumn or early spring, but you need to get quite a mass of root out of the ground for success. This may be better than self seeding as your new plant remains true to the parent plant. I divided the one a couple of years ago because it was the only one I owned at the time! It is not a hybrid hellebore, but rather a species cross featuring Christmas rose as a parent and making it dividable. This entry was posted on March 8, 2011 at 8:20 pm and is filed under hellebores, How to, Shade Perennials with tags dviding hybrid hellebores, Helleborus x hybridus, hybrid hellebores. They are both very unusual and lovely. I read web-sites which said that you should wait till after hellebores flower before dividing them. If not, I am assuming it is too hot in Austin for hellebores. Hi Carolyn, So I divided it into 14 sections some with leaves others with tiny buds beginning …. Hellebores thrive in neutral to alkaline soils that are moist but well-drained, fertile and humus-rich. I suppose I should divide it? I am glad you agree because I envision all these gardeners hacking away at their plants based on what I consider erroneous advice in many gardening books. For information about the best areas in Australia to grow Hellebores, the best position in the garden to plant them and generally getting the best out of your Hellebores, click on the buttons above. Kelly, Yes, that’s the crux–only divide them if your really can’t get another and you have to have more of that flower. I love Hellebores and have been adding new ones every year for the past several years…about 3, I think. Betty Ranicar’ that I love. Carolyn. Insert your spade in a circle all the way around the plant and pry it out of the ground as shown in the photos for steps 1 and 2. Things I couldn’t grow in California ware peonies, oak leaf hydrangeas, and hellebore. It has moved spots in the garden several times, and spent 3 years in a pot whilst we we building a new home. The method outlined below can also be applied to all species hellebores except Majorcan hellebore (, Since writing this, I discovered that none other than the famous Gertrude Jekyll and I agree on this point. Hellebores can be propagated by division. Hellebores: A Comprehensive … ( Log Out /  Looking at those pictures I sure would like to try as they are much more my style than typical early spring flowers. Thanks for sharing. I have a hellebore from Tasmania called ‘Mrs. Yes, a very economical way to get more hellebores is to move the seedlings that form readily around each hybrid plant. Dividing is best accomplished by digging the whole plant, washing the crown free of soil in order to make it easier to see what you are doing, and then cutting between the growth buds with a sharp knife. You need to do it now while it is still cold out. … Root seems to be exactly on top of half of plant. Excellent article and gorgeous hybrid hellebores, Carolyn … the huge undivided drifts must be a stunning sight to behold. I always divide my hellebores as they are coming into bloom because each flower represents a potential division. Dear Carolyn – A great article – are you dividing when the flowers have finished? It grows very well between rocks where the moisture drains down to it. And planted in a shady area . Love the sign of spring from this plant, cut all dead leaves back hard every year. Since writing this, I discovered that none other than the famous Gertrude Jekyll and I agree on this point. The March 6 session of Charles Cresson’s Snowdrops and Other Winter Interest Plants Seminar has been rescheduled for March 13 and has a few spaces left. Dividing hellebores It is both straightforward, and practical, to divide most species, hybrids and cultivars. Dividing hellebore plants is not necessary, but it can enhance flowering in older plants. It’s always interesting visiting your blog Carolyn. Favorite Hellebores for your Winter and Spring Garden. I don’t water them during summer either. The Gardener's Guide to Growing Hellebores. The roots are single and long with a nodule. Hellebores can be fussy about being dug up and moved, so it's generally just best to leave them be. I didn’t break it up to small chunks though, more like just cutting it in half. Very helpful advise! This is the method I use to divide almost all plants, not just hellebores. Carolyn, great tips and advice. What’s a gardener to do? They do not like to be moist but prefer well-drained conditions. Dig the whole plant and wash off the soil. Hellebores grow best in Southern Australia, in cool, elevated regions, from Sydney to Perth and further south. My favorite part though is the underlying prompting to resist the urge, and let them be. I have just divided it again to give to my husbands sisters as a reminder to them of grandma and great gran. Hellebores are typically long-lived plants. I have just ordered more and have a mix of types…including argutifolius, foetidus ‘just because’ I wanted to;-) I love them…picking out a favorite is way to hard for me! I know of someone who grows them in GA so hopefully you have tried them and have had success. Carolyn, i was just gifted with a huge box of corsican hellebores which had been dug and divided. When weather or poor memory delay division, how does a “late-divided” Hellebore respond? You may apply a slow-release all-purpose … Carolyn, Dear Carolyn, Another very informative posting in your hellebores series. Carolyn, any idea how far south the hybrid varieties of these grow? Spring Planting Issue 2006, Horticulture Magazine. Climatically Hellebores will grow best if they experience some cold in winter. Great instructions and I whole heartedly agree one should not divide Hellebores while they are in the ground. I’m inspired! Carolyn. If the hellebore stems develop a “cooked” looking cut end after a week or so, simply pull them from the water and cut that portion of the stem off. I find that a lot of the things that you read about what you can’t do with plants are not in fact true. Hellebores are tough garden plants, well suited to the climate of south eastern Australia. Shake it to remove excess soil and then wash away the remaining soil to reveal the extensive root system as shown in step 3. By removing the most vigorous … The youngest and most vigorous growth is always at the edge of the clump, while the tired, woody and unproductive growth is at the centre. Shake it to remove excess soil and then wash away the remaining soil to reveal the extensive root system as shown in step 3. Hellebores are generally healthy, with few issues. How wonderful it is to be writing what you love to do, gardening! I cut them back when I see new growth in the spring. Choose a pot at least twice the size as the selected plant. Is it simply that they don’t thrive? Hellebores form dusky bronze to creamy white blooms. It is easiest to dig the entire plant and shake or wash off the soil, so you can see where the buds are on the crown. In 1898, in, Snowdrops and Other Winter Interest Plants Seminar, March GBBD: The Philadelphia International Flower Show. I have in the past been too obsessed with Summer, I think I will now concentrate on some of the Spring beauties which you show us. I have spent an extensive time here on your blog this morning and have learned a great deal about shade plants in general. Corsican hellebores grow on fairly sunny rocky hillsides in Corsica, although I have grown them in full shade. There was a question about how far south hellebores can be grown. I love hearing about experiments like this on your blog. They are wonderful plants. However hellebores, like hostas, are best left to … Hellebores are so easy-care that it takes a concerted effort to kill them. Trim back the edges of root mass? An economical way to increase your supply is to divide your own desirable plants. ; Remove the shrub from the container, gently tease the roots. Andrea, What an incredible compliment. I grow mine up in zone 6 in full sun and they are very big. Author: B Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Fortunately I get a few seedlings each year. Carolyn, Someday, may my individual hybrid hellebores be as stunning as your! I’ll remember to reference your post next year. Now that I’ve ordered more I doubt I’ll need to. Seems you are the Gertrude Jekyll of Pennsylvania , Laura, I divide hybrid hellebores ideally before the flowers are all the way out, but they can be fully extended. We are slowly transforming our garden into a woodland garden and the lawn area gets progressively smaller We have a pesky invader and I don’t know what it is: it has 3 leaves at the top of a stem like a Trillium and an elongated green flower. Make your cuts where you see natural divisions in the root system as shown in the photo for step 4, including some roots, woody rhizome, and flower stems in each division. It is possible to divide or move clumps of hellebores in autumn, though they will sulk for a while afterwards. I just purchased a white hellebore. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. I can not say I have ever divided hellebores, so nothing to add. One of the dinky little three-leafed plants I got from you last spring is already in bloom!! on dividing hybrid hellebores. thank you, Carolyn, The plant prefers neutral PH to slightly limy soils. and informative, thank you! Impressive article in Horticulture. Carolyn. Carolyn. Your replies to posts recommend that gardeners divide hellebores as they are coming into bloom, ideally before the flowers are all the way out. Although you should water until frost for the first season, hybrid hellebores require no supplemental water once established even in droughts. ( Log Out /  One, I appreciate that you continue to read and comment even though many of the plants I talk about don’t grow in Malaysia. In the case of taller varieties, the old flower stems have to be cut down to the ground in spring. Ted also grows H.argutifolius which are a taller growing variety, best suited for the back of a border, with its head of lime green flowers. Tips for Growing Hellebores: While it is easy to grow hellebores as long as you are careful of sunlight, the plants also have particular moisture and soil needs. That last collage is a stunner, too! They are four feet across and have hundreds of flowers. Carolyn. Most have been interbred, producing countless hybrid Hellebores in a rich array of colors and forms. The are easily pulled out but come back even more profusely. They are available in a range of colours, such as earthy whites, greens, yellows and deep purples, often with speckles and flashes of colour. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Carolyn, Hi Carolyn, Wonderful post! HI Carolyn, I didn’t know you wrote for a garden magazine. Last week a friend let me dig tons of the stinking hellebore (love LOVE them) and I probably could’ve divided them but didn’t. His look like mine, like they are individual plants, not clumps. Can’t wait to have a few hellebores four feet across with hundreds of blooms. Hellebores. Hellebores are not difficult to grow in the cooler temperate areas of Australia. For the brochure and registration information, click here. This is part of a series of articles on hellebores, one of the specialties of my nursery. Change ). I had a gut instinct that they would be OK, because the root ball was like a solid clump, and they were. However, there are many, many little seedlings that I may care for, first. Woohoo I’m hooked on hellebores! Hellebores grow mainly in dappled shade. Great post! It would be like trying to divide a tree. H.foetidus is quite handsome, with its tall divided leaves and flowers that stand up well above the foliage. You make the process seem so clear and straightforward. You can move the seedlings of these varieties in winter. Hi from HZ5b, Champaign, IL, USA, planet earth. Carolyn. Carolyn. I didn’t know they come in that many colors and designs. I always though you should not divide hellebores but then last year I gave it a try and I’m so happy to say I have had success. How to divide Hellebores. With their winter flowering and fascinating range of flower and foliage forms, Hellebores are deservedly popular. Let me know how it works when you try it. Stinking hellebore, H. foetidus, which I prefer to call bearsfoot hellebore, cannot be divided and must be propagated by moving seedlings. Martha, It is really not clear from your description what the problem is if the tree is gone. They don’t need dividing or staking or fertilizing, they just do their thing without much gardener intervention. Hellebores have very extensive, woody root systems and dividing them with an inadequate tool can be dangerous. Carolyn. They’ve both done well until this year. I have to smile with this post. Back when I was writing for gardening magazines, I authored an article for Horticulture on dividing hybrid hellebores. They are native to western and southern Europe, including the Mediterranean and individual plants can live for up to 40 years. How to grow hellebores in a pot. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Jess, My Longwood Gardens course book says zone 8. Have a good day and it’s great you are working to change the perception you can’t divide hellebores. Hybrid hellebores are an ideal plant with their large flowers, which are ornamental in the mid-Atlantic from February (and sometimes earlier) to May, substantial wintergreen leaves, and resistance to deer. There are four main Helleborus groupings. I planted a few hellebores for the first time last year – we’ll see in a few years if they bloom!!! The seeds came from Chantilly in France, In the future, Ted is keen to breed a double gold round Hellebore but he says that takes time - many, many years. Public Holidays) 10am – 2pm Saturday, excluding public holiday weekends I do it all the time successfully. Soil needs for hellebores. Most Hellebores do not like to have wet feet. How to divide Hellebores. Today I was using a hatchet and rock hammer to divide some really large hellebore clumps. The regular mulching helps keep them healthy and free-flowering. B-a-g, You obviously were exactly right to do what you did and adventurous to take the risk of ignoring what you read. Water them well one or two days before you plan to divide them. Yesterday I was moving several Ivory Princes and thought to myself I should divide a few but when I dug them I just didn’t have the heart as I was not sure how it would do. Be sure the container drains well and you keep the soil evenly moist, but not oversaturated. , I would transplant the seedlings and leave the older plant to get bigger and produce more and more flowers. You probably can’t read the fine print so I will narrate the high points to go with the photos. Back when I was writing for gardening magazines, I authored an article for. Watch out for the gold coloured Hellebores. I am trying to gather information on the southern range of hellebores. I’ve actually never seen a hellebore in person – I’m hoping mine will live. You comment that the flowers can be fully extended. To maintain the plant, remove the old leaves when new growth appears during mid or late autumn. Use the spade's sharp point to loosen the soil as you go. To keep soils moist incorporate plenty of compost when planting and mulch well. They do well in an open garden, but need mulching and like a more acidic soil. Gambier and Adelaide. I just did that to my ground orchids recently, they are easier to divide when you take out the whole plant and see the natural allignments of the plant rppts as a guidance to cut and divide the plant. No way were they ready for dividing, but, now I know how! It's not usually necessary for the health of the plant; but if you wish to divide them, this is best done in fall. Certainly not enough to make up for the time my article on dwarf Jacob’s ladder was illustrated with a photo of Spanish bluebells. Here are links to the other articles: Part Two       An Ode to Seed Strain Hellebores, Part Three   Christmas Rose: The Perfect Hellebore, Part Four      Dividing Hybrid Hellebores, Part Five       The Sex Lives of Hellebores. Find the four Hellebore varieties that are the most popular and easiest to grow. My oldest plant is now 4 years old and is bearing Many beautiful flowers this Spring. This is also a good way to get more of the three species that I mentioned that can’t be divided. Carolyn. Carolyn. Oh, my, you have me coveting some of those wonderful hybrids. How neat! Carol, Hey, it was my tiny moment in the spotlight so I have to milk it for all it’s worth. Have been dividing every year chop large clump off healthy large plant, then just divide leaving dirt on, never have had any die. I ask because to rogue out seedlings from interior of the clump would be facilitated if roguing could be done at the time of cutting back flower stalks (as new growth emerges.) You can divide the plant and move them to new pots or areas during late autumn. Nothing could be further from the truth: they are easy to grow and propagate by division. You certainly made that issue of Horticulture a more valued one. I didn’t realize the plants were that large. Also, when do you divide them? I was mortified. Helen, I hope you will try hellebores if they grow where you live in California. Hellebores: Divide and Multiply By Carmine Carosella, Fairfax Master Gardener You’ve seen all those fancy hellebores at the garden shops, and they set your heart aflutter. Carolyn. It’s important to be careful while pruning, however, as the sap of the plant can irritate the skin. For photographs of the full range of their colors, please read my article An Ode to Seed Strain Hellebores by clicking here. Hellebores are stunning in mass plantings and are perfect in ‘difficult’ sites such as under tree canopies or low-light areas between buildings. Growing these plants in total shade, means less leaf growth. I am so busy with my nursery right now that I don’t have time to answer all these questions. ( Log Out /  They are beautiful, give colour and flowers in the cold and wet, are so easy to grow, and you can do so much with them. Make sure you wash your hands after handling these plants as Hellebores … They are very good at producing seedlings, and the new plants look exactly like the parents unlike hybrid hellebores. Insert your spade in a circle all the way around the plant and pry it out of the ground as shown in the photos for steps 1 and 2. But what i appreciate more is your writing. They are invading mostly sunny areas. I never think to divide hellebores as there are so many volunteers, but as you say, the expense of certain hybrid plants makes it worth the effort. Amy, I am so happy that your hellebore has moved around with you and thrived. I’ve tried with no luck on these. 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