Helleborus x hybridus 'Red Racer' (Winter Thriller Series)

Also Known As

Helleborus 'Red Racer'
Helleborus Winter Thrillers Series™ 'Red Racer'
Helleborus Winter Thriller™ Red Racer
Helleborus x Red Racer' Winter Thrillers™ Series
Red Racer Hellebore
Red Racer Lenten Rose

Plant type

perennial

size

H: 18"-22"
W: 18"-24"

planting zones

4a-9b

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Helleborus x hybridus 'Red Racer' (Winter Thriller Series) plant details

Helleborus x hybridus 'Red Racer' (Winter Thriller Series) is a broadleaf evergreen or semi-evergreen perennial with green foliage. In spring and winter red flowers emerge. Attracts bees making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with mostly sun - shade and even moisture - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Adapts to various soil conditions. Does well in average, clay, rich and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Helleborus x hybridus 'Red Racer' (Winter Thriller Series)

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: ranunculaceae
Foliage: evergreen or semi-evergreen green
Mature size: 18 IN - 24 IN - wide, 18 IN - 22 IN - tall
Flowers: red blooms in spring and winter
Uses: border plant, container plant, cutting garden, easy-to-grow, winter interest, woodland garden

GROWING CONDITIONS for Helleborus x hybridus 'Red Racer' (Winter Thriller Series)

USDA Zones: 4a - 9b
Sun exposure: mostly sun - shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - low
Resistant to: deer and rabbit
Soil needs: average, clay, rich and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Velvety deep-red to burgundy 3 1/2" flowers...up to 75 per plant! make this 20"t x 24" with clumper a dramatic addition for containers or shady border in early-to-mid spring. PSh-Shade/M (not dry) PPAF

By: Forestfarm

Get 'Red Racer' for maximum drama in your winter garden! Bright lacquer-red flowers with darker centers measure 3-4" across and are held atop strong 22" flower stems. A mature plant can be covered with over 75 blooms! The evergreen foliage is also quite striking and often emerges a dark mahogany in early spring, thus making a superb compliment to the large burgundy-red flowers.

By: Deer Country Gardens

After 15 years of meticulous record keeping and careful hand crossing by American breeder, Chris Hansen, this vigorous richly colored Hellebore is the first selection to be released from the Winter Thriller series. Enormous three and a half inch wide, long lasting mahogany red flowers are perfectly rounded, as sumptuous as velvet and copiously produced, exceeding some 70 per plant. Poised on sturdy pencil thick stems, the glamorous outfacing blooms showcase bright platinum-colored stamens, and when mature, transmute unusual green hues well above the evergreen bed of thick, dark lustrous leaves.

By: Digging Dog Nursery

The Red Racer strain produces very large 3 and a half inches, dramatic, velvety, deep red to burgundy red flowers over burgundy-flushed foliage. The perfectly rounded flowers are held atop strong stems, with mature plants producing an incredible 75 or more blooms per plant. The Winter Thrillers Series is bred by Chris Hansen who has spent more 20 years perfecting his strains. Exact flower colour will vary between plants as this is a seed strain. Deer resistant. Perennial Plant of the Year 2005.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

A rich velvet red Hellebore from the Winter Thriller Series, 'Red Racer' produces very large 3 1/2" blossoms in late winter and early spring! The lovely rounded blood red flowers are held atop strong stems, and mature plants can produce as many as 75 blossoms or more. All Hellebores like soil with good drainage in partial to full shade and are slow growing at first, but extremely long lived.