Helleborus × hybridus 'Pretty Ellen White'

Lenten rose hellebore

Eventual height & spread

Helleborus × hybridus 'Pretty Ellen White'

Lenten rose hellebore

  • 9cm pot
  • £12.99
  • available to order from autumn
  • 3 × 9cm pots
  • £29.99 £10.00 each
  • available to order from autumn
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  • Standard £5.99
  • Position: partial shade
  • Soil: heavy, neutral to alkaline soil
  • Rate of growth: average
  • Flowering period: February to April
  • Hardiness: fully hardy


Helleborus × hybridus 'Pretty Ellen White' transforms shadowy garden spaces with its delicate flowers, occasionally kissed by subtle pink or green blushes and adorned with speckles that catch the wan winter light.

Rising to a compact 35cm, this semi-evergreen perennial carpets woodland floors and border edges with its divided dark green foliage, creating magical moments beneath deciduous trees where most plants remain dormant.

Perfect for woodland gardens, container displays, and those challenging semi-shaded spaces plagued by deer or rabbits, 'Pretty Ellen White' proves that winter gardens can be resilient, refined and dramatically alive, offering a sophisticated botanical performance when gardens are typically at their most subdued.


  • Garden care:
    Add lots of well-rotted leaf mould or organic matter to the planting hole. Cut the old leaves back down to the ground in January or February as this will show off the new emerging flowers to best effect. It will also help to reduce/minimise the spread of any foliar diseases such as hellebore leaf spot) if present.

    Apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted organic matter around the base of the plant in autumn and provide a top-dressing of general fertiliser each spring. Cut off the seed heads to prevent inferior seedlings colonising.
    • Humans/Pets: Harmful if eaten; skin irritant