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Helleborus

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Noun1.Helleborus - a genus of HelleborusHelleborus - a genus of Helleborus                
magnoliid dicot genus - genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
hellebore - any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus


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A Helleborus niger, or the Christmas rose, rarely flowers as early as Christmas but it can be encouraged to flower a bit earlier by covering with a cloche or clear plastic bell.
Helleborus (Lenten Rose) is one of the taller grounds covering plant, growing to a height of 20-30 cm.
The best known, already finishing flowering, is Helleborus niger, the Christmas rose, which has nothing to do with roses though it does sometimes produce its pure white, saucer-shaped blooms in time for Christmas.
 
 
 
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