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Helleborus atrorubens

Helleborus atrorubens is a perennial hellebore from the Balkans, a species of the buttercup family described in 1812. It is hardy and grown in shade gardens, with its key requirement being cool, shaded, moist soil.

Family: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Grows as: Perennial
Light: Part shade, Shade
Water: Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and avoid waterlogging.
Soil: Humus-rich, well-drained but moisture-retentive soil, neutral to alkaline.
Temperature: Hardy to around -15 °C; tolerates cold winters well.
How easy: Easy
Safety: Toxic: All parts contain irritant and toxic compounds (such as saponins and cardiac glycosides) that can cause severe gastrointestinal upset if eaten.
Native range: NNW. Balkan Pen.
Climate: temperate

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Helleborus atrorubens is a species of hellebore in the family Ranunculaceae described in 1812. According to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility website, H. atrorubens is a subspecies of Helleborus dumetorum.

Other Helleborus plants

Blue-grey hellebore · Helleborus cyclophyllus · Stinking Hellebore · Majorcan Hellebore · Black Hellebore · Lenten-rose · Helleborus thibetanus · Green Hellebore · Hellebore

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Helleborus atrorubens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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