Hellebore Seeds

Description

Seeds from the Lenten roses (Helleborus orientalis, Helleborus foetidus) in our garden! The seeds are gathered annually and are either from this or past year. Available are the following variants:

• Lenten rose with black filled flowers (Helleborus orientalis hybrid) – Sold out
• Lenten rose with simple black flowers(Helleborus orientalis hybrid)
• Lenten rose with dark red flowers(Helleborus orientalis hybrid)
• Foetid Hellebore (Helleborus foetidus)

You receive at least 11 seeds of each.

Germination: Hellebore seeds should be cold stratified. Sometimes they require two separate cold periods. The seeds you receive have been stored outside in the green house and thus already experienced a natural autumn and winter. Hence they can be sown directly. Best is to put 5 seeds of the same variant in a single pot and cover them with a thin layer of soil. Then keep the soil evenly moist. The seeds germinate in spring. Hellebore, as well as other ranuncles have seeds with strong germination inhibition. In order to break their dormancy a hormone called gibellric acid can be employed to break seed dormancy and trigger germination.