{"id":9725,"date":"2015-02-02T06:53:50","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T13:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9725"},"modified":"2015-01-29T14:44:31","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T21:44:31","slug":"dark-helleborus-purpurascens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/dark-helleborus-purpurascens\/","title":{"rendered":"Helleborus Purpurascens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Helleborus purpurascens by tejvanphotos, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tejvan\/5467742305\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5171\/5467742305_3f0c3c7190.jpg\" alt=\"Helleborus purpurascens\" width=\"500\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This lovely Helleborus could be planted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1177\">&#8216;black flower&#8217;<\/a> garden it is so dark.<\/p>\n<h3>Growing Helleborus Purpurascens<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Looks great next to snowdrops (white on purple, creates good contrast)<\/li>\n<li>Flowers in Jan, Feb, March.<\/li>\n<li>Dies back during Summer, so be careful not to disturb in summer.<\/li>\n<li>Hardy against all but strongest frosts.<\/li>\n<li>Grows well in shade or partial shade<\/li>\n<li>Not too fussy, but prefers humus rich soil &#8211; well drained, but retains moisture.<\/li>\n<li>Leaf mould makes excellent soil conditioner.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid acidic soil. Prefers neutral or alkaline.<\/li>\n<li>In summer, removed tattered foliage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/growing-christmas-roses-and-helleborus\/\"> Growing Helleborus \/ Christmas Rose<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=helleborus\">Helleborus<\/a> at Thompson &amp; Morgan<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/growing-hellebore\/\">Tips on Growing<\/a> Hellebore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This lovely Helleborus could be planted in a &#8216;black flower&#8217; garden it is so dark. Growing Helleborus Purpurascens Looks great next to snowdrops (white on purple, creates good contrast) Flowers in Jan, Feb, March. Dies back during Summer, so be careful not to disturb in summer. Hardy against all but strongest frosts. Grows well in shade or partial shade Not too fussy, but prefers humus rich soil &#8211; well drained, but retains moisture. Leaf mould makes excellent soil conditioner. Avoid&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/dark-helleborus-purpurascens\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9725\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}