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Helleborus niger

The pure white flowers of this hellebore belie the designation ‘niger,’ which refers to the black roots and not the snowy petals. Although the name “Christmas rose” implies that this species blooms in December, it flowers much later in the winter for us here, and this year bloomed a full week after the Lenten rose, Helleborus orientalis.

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