Learn to care for Lenten rose, also known as hellebore. These early blooming flowers add beauty to your garden even before ...

Perhaps the plants that I am most grateful for in this moment are hellebores. Because they are not native, I feel comfortable cutting back their decaying leaves in March.

You can plant them at any time of year. They look good next to other early flowerers, such as Anemone blanda, aconites, Cyclamen coum, hepaticas and snowdrops are all good bed partners for hellebores.

“Have fun and plant what you like,” said Mike Hicks of Little Prince of Oregon Nursery, which grows and breeds the hellebores in Aurora. “There are lots of rules and design ideas, but ...