2024 Hellebore Catalogue
Hellebores in every color of the rainbow, clockwise from upper left: Sandy Shores, Whirlwind Romance, Dorothy’s Dawn, Wedding Bells, Anna’s Red, and Mother of the Bride.
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All hellebores in this catalogue are sold out. If you wish to get an email announcing the 2025 catalogue, please send the following required information: your full name, your mailing address, and your cell number and specify hellebores. The catalogue remains available for information purposes only.
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Spring has arrived, and hellebores are blooming, so it’s time for our annual Hellebore Catalogue. Local customers can pre-order hellebores from the large selection below, ensuring the widest choice and availability. This is the best selection of hellebores we have ever offered, and each plant is hand-picked by us to ensure its superior quality. I am especially thrilled to be able to offer ten new selections, including one single, six doubles, and three rare species hellebores. We will not be selling hellebores on site so ordering from the catalogue and picking up is your only chance to purchase them. Please read the pickup and order information carefully.
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All hellebores offered are mature, blooming-size plants in gallon pots (6 1/2″ x 7″). The Frostkiss®, Pink Frost, Winter Jewels®, and the H. multifidus are flowering, the rest will bloom next winter. All the hellebores are $35 per gallon.
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PICKUP DETAILS: All orders must be picked up on Friday, March 22, Saturday, March 23, or Friday, March 29 at a time assigned alphabetically by us after the March 17 order deadline. Unfortunately, specific time requests cannot be accommodated as we do not have the capacity to schedule each customer individually. If you can’t make it on any of these days, you are welcome to send a relative or friend to get the plants for you at your assigned time, but alternate dates and times will not be available. We really appreciate your flexibility, which will allow us to eliminate the hundreds of emails and hours it takes to schedule individual appointments.
The plants you pick up can be put in the ground immediately or stay in their pots until you are ready to plant them. When you pick up your plants you will be able to bring friends and tour the garden to see all our hellebores in bloom.
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HOW TO ORDER (sorry no mail order): Minimum order 3 hellebores. Hellebore supply is limited so please check the on line catalogue before ordering to make sure the variety you want is not marked sold out. Please send an email to carolyn@carolynsshadegardens.com or reply to this email with the plant names, quantities, your name, cell number, and preferred pickup day: Friday, March 22, Saturday, March 23, or Friday, March 29. Unfortunately, we will not be able to process your order if you do not select a day or if you specify a time as times will be assigned alphabetically, and your selections may sell out. We will send you an acknowledgment of your order, within 24 hours. If you don’t get an acknowledgment, it means we didn’t receive your order. Payment for your plants is by cash or check at pick up, but please consider your order a non-cancellable commitment as we will not be able to resell your hellebores. Orders must be received by Sunday, March 17.
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Cultural Information: Hellebores are the dream plant: their leaves are winter green, their flowers are large and striking, they come in a wide range of beautiful and unusual colors, they bloom in winter, their form is elegant, and deer don’t touch them. Your hellebores can be planted immediately (or wait in their pots until you are ready) anywhere from almost full sun to almost full shade as long as they are well drained. They are not picky about soil, but we always add compost when we plant. They require no fertilization and no supplemental water once they are established.
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Everything below is sold out:
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Clockwise from upper left:
Tall, Blooming Now, Gorgeous Foliage, Outward-Facing Frostkiss® Hellebores, 6.5″ pot $35
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Leaves of Frostkiss® Hellebores, clockwise from upper left: Dorothy’s Dawn, Penny’s Pink, Anna’s Red, Molly’s White
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Clockwise from upper left:Penny’s Pink- outward-facing, bright rose flowers, leaves are pink and silver marbled Sold Out
Anna’s Red– outward-facing, deep red flowers with red stems, leaves are bright pink and silver marbled Sold Out
Molly’s White– produces most blooms, outward-facing white flowers, leaves bright green with silver frosting Sold Out
Dorothy’s Dawn– outward-facing, soft pink flowers, gorgeous leaves are pink and heavily frosted Sold Out
Wedding Party® Series, Double Hybrid Hellebores, 6.5″ pot $35
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Maid of Honor– double, pink to dark pink flowers Sold Out
New Whirlwind Romance- dark burgundy veins over white double flower with dark burgundy reverse Sold Out
New in 2023 Mother of the Bride– double apricot pink flowers with a light pink edge Sold Out
New Shotgun Wedding- double white flowers with a very heavy concentration of burgundy spots Sold Out
Wedding Bells– pure white double flowers Sold Out
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Wedding Party® Series, Double Hybrid Hellebores, 6.5″ pot $35
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Blushing Bridesmaid– double white flowers with dark raspberry veining and edging Sold Out
New Childhood Sweetheart– double yellow flowers with red veins and dark red reverse Sold Out
Flower Girl- double, ruffled, blush pink flowers Sold Out
Confetti Cake– double white flowers with burgundy speckles Sold Out
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Honeymoon® Series, Single Hybrid Hellebores, 6.5″ pot $35
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Spanish Flare– lovely bright yellow flowers with a central maroon flare Sold Out
French Kiss– rare anemone-flowered hellebore, single white petals suffused at the edges and on the back with pink encircle the ruffled center of dark maroon Sold Out
Tropical Sunset– yellow flowers streaked and edged with burgundy creating a rare orange hue Sold Out
New Irish Luck– lovely and unusual green flowers with a central burgundy flare Sold Out
New York Night– striking black flowers Sold Out
Sandy Shores– pale apricot flowers with a rosy pink reverse Sold Out
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Winter Jewels® Series Hybrid Hellebores, most are blooming, 6.5″ pot $35
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Onyx Odyssey– large, black double flowers with contrasting creamy stamens Sold Out
New Painted– large, single white flowers with a red violet central splash Sold Out
New Rose Quartz– double white flowers with dark raspberry edging Sold Out
New Double Painted– double white flowers with a red violet central splash Sold Out
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Compact, Blooming, Outward-Facing Christmas Rose Hybrid Hellebore, 6.5″ pot $35
Clockwise from upper left: Pink Frost close up, Pink Frost in customer’s garden, single Pink Frost plant in another customer’s garden
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Pink Frost– outward-facing soft pink blooms darkening to deep pink, blue-green silver-marbled leaves Sold Out
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Hard-to-Find Bearsfoot Hellebores, 6.5″ pot $35
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Bearsfoot Hellebore (H. foetidus)– rarely available for sale, beautiful, fine-textured, and elegant with eye-catching lime-green flower clusters, from November through April, contrasting with the elegant, dark green leaves, must be well-drained Sold Out
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Very Rare Species Hellebore, 6.5″ pot $35
New Helleborus multifidus (Much-Divided): green flowers set off by frilly leaves and leaf-like bracts Sold Out
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Instructions for ordering are at the beginning of the catalogue.
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