One of the most popular and sought after winter plants is without doubt, the Hellebore. This group of fifteen or so species of largely hardy herbaceous perennials are versatile garden plants growing in a range of different garden situations. With limited annual maintenance, you can get the very best from your plants and watch those beautiful winter flowers ligh up even the dullest days! 

Here we have a short video of our nursery preparation of helleborus niger (Christmas Rose) in readiness for late winter flowering. 

The video illustrates the removal of foliage to allow fresh new flower buds to push through from the base of the plant creating the very best of view of the flowers. Aside from the advantages of seeing the flowers clearly, removing the foliage helps to reduce the potential of health issues that dying leaves can create. This also makes it easier for you, 'the gardener', to mulch around the base of the plant helping with nutrition, weed suppression and winter plant protection.

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