• Image of Helleborus purpurascens 'Teliu' taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC by JLBG
    Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC by JLBG

Helleborus purpurascens 'Teliu'

Purple Lenten Rose

This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.

Shop Available Helleborus

Item #: 9426

Zones: 3a to 8b

Dormancy: Evergreen

Height: 10" tall

Culture: Part Sun to Shade

Origin: Central Europe, Romania, Western Europe

Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)


This is a limited collector edition offering of a Tom Mitchell seed collection of Helleborus purpurascens from just east of Teliu, Romania. The spikes of purple flowers emerge in spring, just prior to the new foliage. While the flower color of species lenten roses isn't usually as rich as in Helleborus x hybridus, we feel that the color from this population is an exceptional purple.