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lenten rose
(redirected from Lenten roses)

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Noun1.lenten rose - slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-greenlenten rose - slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green
black hellebore, Helleborus orientalis
hellebore - any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus
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I especially like helleborus orientalis too, Although they flower a little later, the Lenten roses, in pink, white and red, are hardier and the flowers more prolific.
gardening: week in erddig by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
ROOTS of hellebores, including Christmas and Lenten roses, can also be lifted and divided even if they have not finished flowering.
Garden chores for the week by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
SMALLER suitable plants include lenten roses (helleborus orientalis), geranium phaeum and many of the other herbaceous geraniums, Solomon's seal, periwinkle, variegated dead nettles (lamium White Nancy, Silver Beacon etc.
Your garden : Out of the shadows; ROOTING OUT THE PROBLEM OF BIG TREES by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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