Ivory Prince Lenten Rose Live Plant | Hellebore Perennial | Evergreen Shade Plant | Fall Planting | Winter Spring Blooms

Bring elegant year-round beauty to your garden with Ivory Prince Lenten Rose, an exceptional evergreen Hellebore prized for its long-lasting blooms, colorful stems, and attractive evergreen foliage. Blooming from late winter through early spring, this hardy perennial provides welcome color when most of the landscape is still dormant.

Ivory Prince produces beautiful outward-facing creamy ivory flowers that mature with soft pink and green tones, highlighted by rich burgundy-purple stems and handsome blue-green evergreen foliage. Deer resistant, cold hardy, and exceptionally easy to grow, this long-lived perennial is perfect for woodland gardens, shaded borders, foundation plantings, and containers.

Fall is the perfect time to plant! Cooler temperatures encourage strong root development before winter, resulting in healthier plants and abundant spring blooms.

Key Features

• Botanical Name: Helleborus 'Ivory Prince'
• Common Name: Ivory Prince Lenten Rose
• Plant Type: Evergreen Perennial
• Flower Color: Creamy Ivory, Aging to Soft Pink and Green
• Stem Color: Burgundy-Purple
• Foliage Color: Blue-Green Evergreen
• Mature Height: 18–24 inches
• Spread: 18–24 inches
• Bloom Season: Late Winter through Early Spring
• Growth Habit: Upright, Clump Forming
• Light Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade
• Water Needs: Moderate; prefers moist, well-drained soil
• USDA Hardiness Zones: 4–9
• Characteristics: Evergreen, Deer Resistant, Cold Hardy, Long-Lived, Low Maintenance

Why You'll Love It

• Elegant ivory blooms with changing seasonal color
• Attractive burgundy-purple stems
• Evergreen foliage provides year-round interest
• Flowers when few other plants are blooming
• Deer resistant
• Easy to grow
• Long-lived perennial
• Ideal for woodland and shade gardens

Perfect For

• Shade gardens
• Woodland gardens
• Cottage gardens
• Foundation plantings
• Mixed perennial borders
• Under deciduous trees
• Container gardens
• Early season pollinator gardens

Care Instructions

Plant in rich, well-drained soil with consistent moisture. Grow in partial to full shade, especially beneath deciduous trees where plants receive winter sunlight and summer shade. Remove older foliage in late winter before new growth appears to showcase the blooms. Fall planting allows roots to establish before spring flowering.