Helleborus Frost Kiss® Pippa’s Purple™ PP27,121
Blooming Time
Exposure
Pippa’s Purple™ is a very high-end vegetatively-propagated Lenten rose for early season interest in shady areas of the landscape. Pippa’s Purple™ is unique for its heavily marbled, silvery veined evergreen foliage. If it never bloomed, it would still be worth growing, just for the foliage. But, in late winter and early spring, it yields copious dusty-rose buds (high above the foliage), which unfurl to burgundy speckled plum-rose petals, centered with cheerful yellow stamens.
Details
Hardiness Zone:
Blossom Color:
Violet to Purple
Growth Habit:
Clump Forming
Max Height:
2'
Texture:
Recommended Spacing:
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Special Characteristics
Features
A unique and high end Hellebore, featuring stunning evergreen marbled foliage, in the late winter to spring, it blooms in shades of dusty rose, before unfurling petals of burgundy, flecked with plum and rose.
Landscape Value
A lovely pop of color in the winter and early spring, this plant is well sited where it can be admired up close.
Care
Watering:
'Pippa's Purple' Lenten Rose is very drought tolerant and typically only needs watering during the hottest days of summer.
Fertilizing:
'Pippa's Purple' Lenten Rose is a moderate feeder, benefiting from a couple of annual applications of slow release fertilizer. A spring application of a 3-1-2 ratio (such as a 15-5-10) can be applied at a rate of about 10 pounds per 1000 square feet, and during early fall, an application of a 2-1-2 ratio (such as a 10-5-10) can be applied to encourage root development and cold hardiness.
Pruning:
'Pippa's Purple' Lenten Rose is evergreen and does not require pruning. It is normally only pruned for the purpose of keeping it within bounds.