Christmas Rose Plant
Classification and nomenclature botanically christmas rose is classified to belong to the plant family ranunculacae the buttercup family in which it fits well having the characteristic flower and fruit morphology.
Christmas rose plant. Beautiful nodding saucer shape flowers grace the stems when few plants brave the elements. There are several species of plants belonging to the genus helleborus but these two are most commonly planted in northeastern helleborus niger and helleborus gum. Hellebores are aristocrats of the winter and early spring garden. Hellebores are great for providing winter interest in any garden.
The scientific name helleborus derives from the greek name for h. Christmas rose black hellebore is an evergreen perennial low growing flowering plant that grows about 912 in 2330 cm tall. Only a few details concerning the plant care and location have to be. Description of christmas rose lenten rose hellebore.
Elein to injure and bora food. These evergreen plants are resistant and unpretentious. However because when they spend h. The genus is an ancient greek name for the plant.
It has evergreen compound leaves of seven or more leaflets arranged like the fingers on a hand that arise directly on leafstalks from the crown of. These perennial plants have a long flowering period lasting well into spring. During the cold winter months helleborus niger brings color into the pale garden landscape. Christmas rose plants can be grown from seed but it takes three or four years for them to reach flowering size.
The entire plant is deadly poisonous. Description of the plant. Niger is often known as the christmas rose and h. The plant is found growing in moist organically rich humusy and neutral to alkaline well drained soils in part shade to full shade.
Commonly known as hellebores h l b r z the eurasian genus helleborus consists of approximately 20 species of herbaceous or evergreen perennial flowering plants in the family ranunculaceae within which it gave its name to the tribe of helleboreae. Christmas rose also called winter rose or black hellebore species helleborus niger small poisonous perennial herb of the buttercup family ranunculaceae known for its tendency to bloom from late autumn to early spring often in the snow. Although the flowers resemble wild roses and despite its common name christmas rose does not belong to the rose family. Hellebores roses are not related but in ranunculaceae.
Despite names such as winter rose christmas rose and lenten rose hellebores are not closely related to the rose family. Black hellebore christmas rose hellebore these terms are used to describe a plant with an extraordinary flowering period. Roots are short and black. The gum is known as the lent of the rose.