Helleborus × ballardiae 'COSEH 810' ~ HGC® Merlin Lenten Rose Size:1 GALLON and earns a warm orange

and earns a warm orange and red overtones in fall

It also has good resistance to bronze birch borer

Floating away on a pink cloud of spring #VSCOcam #spring #dogwood

Its arching panicles bloom on old wood with mostly sterile double white flowers that fade to pink then brown in summer attracting butterflies

This variety is often used as a specimen plant

Helleborus × ballardiae 'COSEH 810' ~ HGC® Merlin Lenten Rose Size:1 GALLON and earns a warm orangeMerlin Lenten Rose is a late winter blooming evergreen perennial with glossy dark green basal foliage with light green veining. Clusters of upward facing light pink flowers that deepen to cranberry before fading to pinkish green bloom on dark stems from late winter to mid spring. Best bloom in dappled sun and moist well drained soils. All parts of the plant are toxic if ingested. Type: Perennial Height: 0. 5' 1' Spread: 1' 1. 5 Spacing: 1. 5 USDA