Growing Guides – Hellebores

We are often asked how to care for new hellebore plants once you take them home from our nursery or when they arrive at your home via our mail order service. We hope the following advice covers everything you need to know: On arrival Please remove all the packaging from around your hellebore and stand […]

Hellebores are easy to grow providing a few simple guidelines are followed. They prefer a rich soil with plenty of available moisture during their flowering period, but they also require excellent drainage: they are after all ‘snow-melt’ plants. If you can grow them on a slope, they will naturally be well drained. Most are found […]

Sow hellebore seed as soon as possible (preferably in July or August), in Supagro Seed Compost (our own brand available in-store only) or you can use a mixture of 50% John Innes Seed Compost and 50% good quality multi-purpose compost. Sow the seed thinly and cover with 6mm (one quarter of an inch)) layer of […]