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Helleborus niger

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Noun1.Helleborus niger - European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowersHelleborus niger - European evergreen plant with white or purplish rose-like winter-blooming flowers
Christmas rose, winter rose, black hellebore
hellebore - any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus
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Some experienced gardeners have tried to grow the species, including the Christmas rose, Helleborus niger, which is a tricky one.
HELL'S belles by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
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.
Gardening: Handsome colour by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
A Most perennials are dormant in winter, with the exception of the Helleborus niger, orChristmas rose as it is more commonly called.
HOME FRONT: Plant-astic!; Gardening advice with Roy Treherne ... by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
 
 
 
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