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Pippa's Purple Hellebore features showy nodding purple cup-shaped flowers with red overtones at the ends of the stems from late winter to early spring, which emerge from distinctive pink flower buds. Its glossy oval compound leaves emerge coppery-bronze in spring, turning bluish-green in color with distinctive light green veins the rest of the year. The dark red stems can be quite attractive.

Planting & Growing

Pippa's Purple Hellebore will grow to be about 18 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 24 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 18 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 5 years. As an evegreen perennial, this plant will typically keep its form and foliage year-round.

This plant does best in partial shade to shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in rich soils.