HELLEBORUS Anna's Red (Frostkiss Series)
Small
Part shade
Red
Fertile soil
Reasonable soil
Spring
Winter
Pollinator friendly
Description
Helleborus (Rodney Davey Marbled Group) Anna's Red ('Abcrd02'PBR) (Frostkiss Series)
Height x Spread: 60cm x 60cm
'Anna's Red' is quite simply stunning, no if's no but's. From late winter deep into spring it produces lots of large single deep purplish-red flowers each boasting a boss of palest lime green stamens. These nectar-rich lovelies are held on dark red stems above delicately marbled evergreen foliage, a combination of jewel-like colour and interesting texture that will light up any cold grey day.
The first commercially released hellebore from a breeding programme painstakingly undertaken by Rodney Davey to combine strong colour and marbled foliage it was named after Anna Pavord, the garden writer. Preferring a partially shaded spot in fertile, moist but free-draining soil that is non-acidic, its colour will sing out when combined with complementary Hellebores from the series such as H. 'Glenda's Gloss' or 'Moondance' or against a pale background. A 'must-have' element for a sophisticated winter planter or shadier area of your border or cutting garden, early season pollinators will love it too.
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LIRIOPE muscari
Commonly known as Big Blue Lily Turf, this perennial forms a clump of dense arching leathery grass-like evergreen foliage. In autumn above the foliage waxy purple flower spikes appear.
EPIMEDIUM grandiflorum
Beautiful large white flowers appear on this plant in mid spring as the new foliage starts to emerge. The young foliage has a bronze tint which contrasts well with the flowers.
HELLEBORUS (Rodney Davey Marbled Group) Moondance
Well named for its white flowers blushed lime green that will brighten any shadier part of the garden and are often the last flowers to be seen as dusk falls in the late winter and early spring
HELLEBORUS (Rodney Davey Marbled Group) 'Glenda's Gloss'
The cup-shaped flowers are simply exquisite, each petal is white with a magenta edge that bleeds into the main part as if dipped in ink, all over marbled glossy foliage.