With showy winter flowers in colors of red, pink, purple, white, or yellow, hellebores are among our most popular perennials for shade. Lenten roses get their ecclesiastical nickname from when ...

Reviewed by Debra LaGattuta Lenten rose (Helleborus x hybridus) is not a rose; it's a perennial hybrid hellebore belonging to the buttercup family. The name origin of "Lenten rose" refers to the plant ...

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.