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The storied helleborus niger, commonly called the Christmas rose, opens with the holiday season, and is a popular houseplant during the winter months. A member of the buttercup family, its large ...
The beautiful pink flowers that bloom from winter to early spring in full or partial sun. The shrub also help smoother weeds year round! Volha Halkouskaya - Getty Images
The so-called Christmas rose (H. niger), a traditional cottage garden favourite, bears its pure white flowers (which often age to pink) in the depths of winter; large-flowered cultivars are available, as are pink-flowered and double-flowered selections.
Helleborus niger is commonly called the Christmas rose, due to an old legend that it sprouted in the snow from the tears of a young girl who had no gift to give the Christ child in Bethlehem. [2] One legend states that the flower blooms at the abbey in England founded by St. Thomas. It is said to bloom near the new calendar date of 6 January. [11]
Lucky for us, Arabella Huntington loved roses, because the botanic garden she and her husband left behind features more than 1,300 varieties, tended by famed rose breeder Tom Carruth, who left his ...
The cup-shaped pendent flowers appear in late winter and spring, arising in groups of 1–4 on the ends of thick stems rising above the foliage. They have yellow stamens . [ 3 ] All parts of the Lenten rose are poisonous. [ 3 ]
Rosa rubiginosa (sweet briar, [2] sweetbriar rose, [3] sweet brier or eglantine; [2] syn. R. eglanteria) is a species of rose native to Europe and western Asia. Description [ edit ]
The stunning rose-pink, double blossoms continue to open through the winter months, providing long-lasting color in the winter garden and lovely cut flowers to bring indoors.