The Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose, otherwise known as the Helleborus X Hybridus ‘Peppermint Ice’ or Double Yellow Daylily, Daylily ‘Flore Pleno’, Hemerocallis fulva ‘Kwanso Flore Pleno’, ‘Kwanso Flore Pleno’ Daylily, ‘Kwanso Daylily, Double Tawny Daylily, Midseason Daylilies, is a rather well known perennial plant by gardening enthusiasts around the world.
Best known for its low maintenance and moderate growth, this perennial will likely liven up your house (or garden) with its dark green colored leaves. But, only if you learn how to take proper care of it for it to thrive.
Fortunately, taking care of your Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose is not too difficult – as long as you follow our guidelines in this Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose Care Guide. Now let’s get started.
The fundamental caring guidelines for every Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose can be summed up into the following:
- Water: The Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose prefers constant watering each week and more during the hot season.
- Light: Keep your Helleborus X Hybridus ‘Peppermint Ice’ in an environment where it can receive full to partial shade on a daily basis.
- Soil: Make sure to keep the Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose in soil with moist but well-draining to well draining properties, so ideally, one that is made of loam, chalk, and clay.
And that’s practically it! If you keep these three factors in check, your Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose will likely have all it needs for it to survive and even thrive.
Scientific / Botanical Aspects
In botanical terms, the Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose belongs to the Asphodelaceae family, the genus Hemerocalis and the species Fulva, hence its scientific (or botanical) name Helleborus X Hybridus ‘Peppermint Ice’ (hel-eh-BORE-us).
As with other Hemerocalis’s, the Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose is an evergreen plant, which means it will be present year round in your garden.
Growing Region
The Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose is a plant native to the Asia (China or Japan).
As a rule of thumb, we recommend to always keep in mind your plants’ native region and environment, since these are the conditions that your Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose is most accustomed to, thus where it can most favorably.
With this in mind, the Helleborus X Hybridus ‘Peppermint Ice’ will be most used to the heat zones in the 2 – 11 region, as the plant hardiness level falls between 3a, 3b, 4b, 4a, 5b, 5a, 6b, 6a, 7a, 7b, 8b, 8a and the ideal climate zone is between 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, H1, H2.
Growth and Size
Growth
In terms of size and growth, the Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose is a relatively moderate grower, which makes things somewhat easy for any plant enthusiast.
Size
But, what size of Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose are we talking about? What can you expect in terms of height, spread and spacing? Let’s dig in…
The Helleborus X Hybridus ‘Peppermint Ice’ can grow up to 2′ – 3′ (60cm – 90cm) in 2′ – 3′ (60cm – 90cm) and 2′ – 3′ (60cm – 90cm) in 2′ – 3′ (60cm – 90cm).
These dimensions make the Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose a relatively medium perennial compared to others, so it’s best to keep this fact in mind since it will affect where you want to keep yours at home.
Also, expect it to grow in a wonderful spreading shape, which is something worthwhile to remember when making your garden landscape plans.
This is why experts recommend keeping an area of approximately 24″ – 30″ (60cm – 75cm) free so the Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose can spread to its best extent.
Water
In terms of watering, the Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose is a fairly simple plant to take care of.
This is mostly because it has a straightforward watering schedule and somewhat regular watering needs.
Specifically, most experts agree that the Helleborus X Hybridus ‘Peppermint Ice’ prefers constant watering each week and more during the hot season.
Which is why it is considered a plant with relatively average needs in terms of water.
Watering
As a rule of thumb, you should remember to keep your Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose in soil with moist but well-draining to well draining characteristics, as these will guarantee the right conditions for your plant to grow and thrive.
When you consider this, this is why you should aim to choose soil that has good drainage properties to keep the right moisture levels at all times.
In our experience, the famous ‘thumb’ or ‘finger’ test is what works best for the Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose since with it, you will be able to give it the right amount of water, every time – regardless of the environment or placement where you do decide to keep it.
Soil Mix
As mentioned earlier, the Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose prefers to have soil with good drainage properties at all times, reason why you need to make the soil mix out of loam, chalk, and clay.
This is why most experts agree that the Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose requires soil with high organic matter, and loam (silt), which will give you the right conditions it needs.
In addition to this, expert gardeners recommend having preferably alkaline, acid or neutral soil.
Light and Exposure
In terms of light & exposure, the Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose requires full to partial shade in order for it to thrive under the right conditions.
Most experts agree that this perennial will do well as long as you keep it in partial to full sun, and it will be able to grow properly.
Specifically, we recommend that you place your Helleborus X Hybridus ‘Peppermint Ice’ in little to partial shade (only 2-6 hours of direct sunlight a day), to full and direct sun (more 6 hours of direct sunlight per day).
Season
Being an evergreen plant, the Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose will be present year round in your garden.
But, you can expect it to have its ‘prime-time’ during the summer (mid, late).
Flowers
You can expect your Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose to flower around the summer months from July to September (summer).
In particular, this perennial is well known for its flowers for cutting and showy flowers around the plant enthusiast community.
The Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose produces some beautiful pink, or orange flowers around this time of year.
Foliage
The leaves from the Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose have a beautiful dark green color during most of the year.
In particular, they have a simple arrangement with a rosulate organization in its leaves.
You can expect the leaves from your Helleborus X Hybridus ‘Peppermint Ice’ to be around (> 6 inches) in size.
Attracts, Tolerance and Resistance
The Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose is well known for being able to attract butterflies, so keep that in mind when choosing your plant, as you’ll likely end up finding one or another in your garden.
Additionally, it has a special tolerance for drought and animals like rabbit, so don’t worry if any of these come along, your Helleborus X Hybridus ‘Peppermint Ice’ will be fine.
Garden
Does your Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose have any garden recommendations? Does it serve any gardening purposes? Here’s how you can get the most out of your new plant.
Most Helleborus X Hybridus ‘Peppermint Ice’ owners agree that this perennial will look great in most asian/zen and cottage gardens of all types.
Other owners consider that they complement well most gardens of prairie and meadow, city and courtyard, informal and cottage, and in traditional garden styles.
In particular, the Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose’s best location within your garden is in ground covers, beds and borders, edging, and in patio and containers, others use it for landscaping in a mass planting, ground cover, container, border, cutting garden, edging, or a woodland garden.
Companion Plants
Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose’s do well with some other plants beside it. One good companion plant is the Hosta, which will pair up nicely with your leafy friend.
Others consider that a nice Pulmonaria will work well too, so choose whichever you find works best for you!
Conclusion
Even though we covered a lot of care information for your Winter Jewels® Peppermint Ice Lenten Rose, remember the basics: sunlight, soil and water, as these should be enough to grow a healthy plant at home.
