Can anyone tell me what this is please?

Looks like a hellebore (lenten rose) to me.

Thank you nanasam There seems to be 2-3 separate plants in the pot. I wonder if I should move it into the sun or leave it where it is ?

“Snow Melt” Hellebore?

Hellebores quite like shade

My hellebores like the shade.

Looks like a hellebore to me, too. At that original price for it and the pot it's probably a priceless named variety. (Is that what you've identified it as, Lisagran?) Though it looks a bit strange to me with those widely separated petals. It's got nice foliage.

Hellebores are fine in shade.

Thank you everyone . I’ve just watched a short video clip about them and it does seem that they like the shade . Mine is in a large pot under a bay tree and I wondered if the shade was the reason for the washed out colour but it seems not .

Some people like washed out colours....oops delicate hues! I am with you ..faded!

Think I remember reading that Hellebores are notorious for interbreeding. There are some with very definite colours but as they cross breed the colours become more muddied. We had some in last garden and they are one of the earliest to come out so always welcome even if a bit 'muddy'.

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Yes HildaW this interbreeding is mentioned on the video I watched earlier . I wonder if this is their right colour or could I do something to improve them? The leaves seem extra sharp too.

Looks like a hellebore to me too.
I’ve got some babies growing in pots and am looking forward to seeing the flowers. I’m not expecting too much but one can live in hope.

It's not so much that the colour is 'faded' (and I have loads of faded, interbred ones in my garden) as the very open arrangement of the petals and the fact that they are turned upwards, whereas common or garden hellebores usually look down and have 'cup' flowers' rather than 'stars'. That's what makes me think it might be a named variety. I do like the foliage, dark and indented.

The pictures on this site are really clear so you may be able to spot yours. If you scroll over the pictures it gives the names too.

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It’s definitely a hellebore, but it looks like a single flowering orientalis which has gone over, which they will at this time of the year and their colour fades out. All mine are double flowered so I have nothing to compare it with. It should do okay next year. They need very little attention, but left to themselves they will spread all over the place. I love ‘em!

It's a particularly pretty hellebore. They do like the shade, and they are practically un-killable. Good buy. I'm quite

Why not have asked the garden centre ?

Looks like a hellebore to me

I've got an app called PlantSnap and it suggests that it is a Lenten Rose.

I love buying from the 'bargain corner' and rescuing poor half-dead plants. My best-buy was a tangled, straggly, wilted-looking specimen of a rambler rose. I planted it, disentangled it (with difficulty) and gave it lots of tlc. It rewarded me by covering an arbour with masses of glorious, tiny cream blossoms, which last all summer. It is so vigorous that I have to keep pruning bits off it, to stop it attacking passers-by, but it doesn't mind in the slightest and just keeps on growing.
My £2 was certainly well-spent!

Love it, a real bargain at the price with the pot. My best bargain at a garden centre was a camelia that looked dead - £5.00. Three years later I now have a beautiful 6' high pink camelia spread about 4' on a trellis. Amazing what tlc will do to plants.