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New Day Cafe: Hellebores [1]

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Date: 2023-02-06  

Welcome to the New Day Cafe! This is an open thread.

Today I look at one of my favorite flowers, the hellebore/Lenten rose. I love them in part because they bloom in the late winter when so little else does (at least in cold weather climates.)

Some information about the plants:

From "The Spruce",

“Lenten rose (Helleborus x hybridus) is not a rose; it's a perennial hybrid hellebore belonging to the buttercup family. It is bred from crossing Helleborus orientalis with other closely related species. The two-part common name of Lenten rose refers to the plant's bloom season, which is around the Christian season of Lent that falls in late winter, and its rose-like flower buds. Lenten rose is valued for its early-season blooms of traditional colors white to pink to light rose-purple and its leathery evergreen foliage. Many cultivars come in a wide variety of other colors such as dark purple, maroon, cream, and yellow. The blooms on some of the older heirloom varieties are downward facing, but the newer hybrids have upward- and outward-facing blooms. The blooms—which are actually sepals similar to petals but longer-lasting—are usually two to three inches in diameter appearing on thick stems that rise above the foliage. The flowers can have variations in markings, such as margins of a different color, showy freckling, or veining. The flowers can be smooth or ruffled, depending on the cultivar.”

A video on how to grow them:

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