How to plant Helleborus

Seed propagation of Helleborus

Most species of hellebore can be propagated by sowing.

Usually, after hellebore has seeds, you can find a large number of seedlings near the mother plant of hellebore, which can be transplanted in early autumn or late spring.

How to collect seeds of Hellebore

The next step is harvesting and sowing. Hellebore seeds can be harvested in late spring or early summer. The method is very simple. Shake the fruit a few times and the seeds will separate from the bursting part of the skin. It should be noted that the seeds should be sown immediately after being harvested.

How to sow Hellebore

After collecting seeds, plant them in a culture dish or seedbed, and then place them in a shaded place outdoors. If there are pests, the culture dish or seedbed needs to be covered with a mulch to keep the substrate moist, but be careful not to make it too wet. After sowing, the seeds will not germinate until mid-summer at the earliest, but will not grow above ground until the following spring.

After the seedlings grow out, the covering needs to be peeled off immediately, and the seedlings need to be transplanted into pots after a few weeks. Fertilization is needed 6 weeks after potting, and then change to a larger pot after the plant grows bigger.