1 February 2022

Garden Stroll

Today we feature Helleborus commonly known as "Lenten Roses!"

This is what I found for "Helleborus Niger" quoted from the Missouri Botanical Garden Website:

"Best grown in moist, organically rich, humusy, neutral to alkaline, well-drained soils in part shade to full shade. Prefers light to moderate shade. Locate plants in sheltered locations in areas protected from cold winter winds. Plants usually take several years to establish. Clumps may be divided for propagation, but clumps never require division and will form and grow best when left undisturbed. Plants may self-seed in optimum growing conditions. This species is considered to be more difficult to grow than the similar but later blooming Helleborus orientalis."

These pictures are from My Garden here In Middle Georgia: