Wedding Party® Maid of Honor Lenten Rose

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This evergreen perennial will look fantastic in your shady to partially shady garden all year long. In addition to its pretty green foliage, youll be rewarded in early to mid-spring when it shows off and produces 2 to 3 inch wide double flowers. These colorful blossoms fade from dark to light pink from the center. This plant can be grown in a wide variety of climates from zone 4 through zone 9. It has a 24-inch spread with a height between 18 and 24 inches. This plant is poisonous if ingested. Contact with human skin may produce a rash. Wedding Party Maid of Honor Lenten Rose is drought and salt-tolerant. Its early spring flowers will be a welcome sight to hungry bees. Its deer and rabbit resistant. Include this medium height perennial in border gardens, in front of foundation plantings, and in mass plantings. Use a single color or mix them up when planting them in large groups. The flowers make terrific cut flowers to add some springtime into your home. Use Wedding Party Maid of Honor Lenten Rose as a filler plant in container gardens. Wedding Party® Maid of Honor Lenten Rose Care This easy to care for plant has average watering needs and is mildly drought tolerant once established. It will grow in average to fertile soils in a wide range of pH conditions. Amend the soil with a balanced fertilizer in the spring when new growth appears. Cut back the flower spikes after the tips of the flower petals have turned brown. Remove winter damaged, ragged foliage from the plants base in the spring. Wedding Party® Maid of Honor Lenten Rose Spacing Space multiple plants 24 inches apart on center to prevent the spread of fungal diseases. Plant a few where you can see them from inside to brighten up the dreary days of winter.