Lenten roses get their ecclesiastical nickname from their growing season. It begins in winter and extends into spring, surrounding the season of Lent. While the long-lived plants add color to the ...

HYBRIDS OF LENTEN ROSE (Helleborus x hybridus) are the ideal perennials to add lively color in the late-winter, early-spring garden. They produce multitudes of flowers that come in a wide variety of ...

Exciting new varieties of Helleborus, featuring colorful foliage as well as showy, long-lasting flowers, are becoming available at local nurseries. A compact variety with blue-gray leaves to look for ...

If you have any shady areas in your gardens that don't look as nice as you'd like them, consider adding in some Hellebores (Helleborus x hybrids syn. Helleborus orientalis hybrids). These plants have ...

When planning our Pennsylvania perennial garden, several factors to consider include the growing season; soil conditions; hardiness zones and frost dates; color; selection of plants; and a garden that ...

What: Red-violet flowers and new bronzy green foliage marbled with vibrant pink makes “Anna’s Red” hellebore a magnificent harbinger of spring in the winter garden. As the flowers mature they deepen ...

Depending on who you ask, it smells of roast beef, wet dog or coffee. Add pale lime-green flowers that last until April, and this plant won’t necessarily cause a stink The name isn’t selling this ...

Hellebores are understated plants, with dainty, cup-shaped flowers that bow and nod in an almost deferential manner. Something of an acquired taste, they are best viewed up close from a crouching ...

What: Helleborus x sternii, commonly called Stern’s hellebore, is the product of two great parents. Corsican hellebore brings somewhat coarse blue-green foliage, green flowers and cold hardiness to ...