2025 Hellebore Catalogue
Hellebores in gorgeous colors, clockwise from upper left: Swiss Alps, Dorothy’s Dawn, Romantic Getaway, NY Night, Blushing Bridesmaid
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All hellebores in this catalogue are sold out. If you wish to get an email announcing 2026 hellebore sales and are not already on the email list, please send the following required information: your full name, your mailing address, and your cell number.
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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. Each plant is hand-picked by us to ensure its superior quality. 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″) for $37. The Frostkiss®, ‘Pink Frost’, and ‘Snow Love’ hellebores are flowering right now, the Wedding Party® and Honeymoon® hellebores will bloom next winter.
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PICKUP DETAILS: Orders will be available for pick up at Carolyn’s Shade Gardens at Whitehall Farms, 1698 Whitehall Rd, Norristown, PA 19403, 610-675-0061, on Friday, March 28 and Saturday March 29, from 10 am to 2 pm, or Sunday, March 30, from 10 am to noon. You can pick up any time during these hours, but we need to know which day you are coming so we can box your plants in advance. If you absolutely can’t pick up on any of those dates, we can make alternate arrangements.
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When you pick up you will also be able to shop for many additional hellebores not included in the catalogue as well as other exciting and unusual plants, including trilliums, hepaticas, Virginia bluebells and other, hard-to-find native wildflowers, rare epimediums, pulmonarias, and hardy cyclamen. We also have in stock, a wide variety of early spring trees and shrubs, including ‘Mt Aso’ pink pussy willows, edgeworthias, witch hazels, coral bark willows, redbuds, ‘Peggy Clarke’ flowering apricot, dogwoods, and ‘Okame’ cherry. However, most hellebore varieties listed below are only available through the catalogue.
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The plants you pick up can be put in the ground immediately or stay in their pots until you are ready to plant them.
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HOW TO ORDER (sorry no mail order): Minimum order 3 hellebores. Hellebore supply is limited so please check the 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 28, Saturday, March 29, or Sunday, March 30. If you absolutely can’t pick up on any of those dates, we can make alternate arrangements. 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 pre-ordered hellebores is by cash or check at pick up; however, you can use credit cards and Zelle to purchase other plants on site.
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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 stay in their pots until you are ready to plant them) 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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Wedding Party® Series, Double Hybrid Hellebores, 6.5″ pot $37
Clockwise from upper left:
First Dance-double yellow flowers with a maroon picotee edge and veining, rarely available, last sold in 2020 Sold Out
True Love- gorgeous rich maroon red double flowers Sold Out
Flower Girl- double, ruffled, blush pink flowers, absolutely gorgeous Sold Out
Shotgun Wedding- double white flowers with heavily concentrated burgundy spots, new in 2024 Sold Out
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Wedding Party® Series, Double Hybrid Hellebores, 6.5″ pot $37
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Wedding Bells- elegant, double pure white flowers, white shows up the best in the garden! Sold Out
Blushing Bridesmaid- double white flowers with raspberry pink edging and dark pink back, customer favorite Sold Out
Confetti Cake- double white flowers with burgundy speckles Sold Out
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Honeymoon® Series, Single Hybrid Hellebores, 6.5″ pot $37
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California Dreaming- captivating pure yellow flowers standout in the garden, rarely available, last sold in 2020 Sold Out
Spanish Flare- lovely yellow flowers set off by a central maroon flare, more upward-facing and very vigorous Sold Out
Sandy Shores- pale apricot flowers with a rosy pink reverse, always a customer favorite Sold Out
Rio Carnival- light yellow flowers with burgundy speckling, exotic! Sold Out
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Honeymoon® Series, Single Hybrid Hellebores, 6.5″ pot $37
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Romantic Getaway- pure white flowers with a dramatic dark red face, customer favorite Sold Out
New York Night-intriguing dark black flowers provide important contrast to lighter hellebores Sold Out
Swiss Alps- very beautiful, pure white flowers with an elegant maroon star, occasionally double, white hellebores show up best in the garden so I am excited to offer this selection, new for 2025 Sold Out
French Kiss- single white petals suffused at the edges and on the back with pink encircle the ruffled center of dark maroon, rare anemone-flowered hellebore Sold Out
Irish Luck- lovely and unusual green flowers with a central burgundy flare, new in 2024 Sold Out
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Compact, Blooming Now, Outward-Facing Christmas Rose Hybrid Hellebores, 6.5″ pot $37
Clockwise from upper left: ‘Pink Frost’ close up, ‘Snow Love’, ‘Pink Frost’ clump in customer’s garden.
Pink Frost- outward-facing soft pink blooms darkening to deep pink, blue-green silver-marbled leaves Sold Out
Snow Love- vigorous, long-flowering variety with large blooms opening white and fading to a lovely fresh green framed by thick, silvery leaves, new for 2025 Sold Out
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Tall, Blooming Now, Gorgeous Foliage, Outward-Facing Frostkiss® Hellebores, 6.5″ pot $37
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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:
Dorothy’s Dawn- outward-facing, soft pink flowers, gorgeous leaves are pink and heavily frosted, the combination of leaves and flowers is heavenly Sold Out
Penny’s Pink- outward-facing, bright rose flowers, leaves are pink and silver marbled, customer favorite every year Sold Out
Anna’s Red- striking outward-facing, deep red flowers with red stems, leaves are bright pink and silver marbled, first to bloom Sold Out
Molly’s White- outward-facing white flowers, leaves bright green with silver frosting, produces the most blooms over the longest period Sold Out
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Instructions for ordering are at the beginning of the catalogue.
