Lenten roses get their ecclesiastical nickname from their growing season. It begins in winter and extends into spring, surrounding the season of Lent. While the long-lived plants add color to the ...

Every garden needs some hellebores. Not only do they bring beauty and colour to the winter garden; these long-lived perennials also satisfy early flying pollinators, including newly emerged bumblebee ...

Winter is a time when most plants in the garden are conserving their energy and you may not see a lot of color around. But there are some plants that are capable of blooming regardless, daring the ...

Hellebores add color to winter gardens with cold-hardy blooms that thrive even in snowy conditions. Plant hellebores in fall or spring, ensuring that the roots have room to spread. Maintain moist, ...

These plants are correctly called Helleborus x hybridus.” This is no doubt because of the rambunctious nature of this hellebore species to reseed and hybridize themselves. Helleborus orientalis ...

As time passes, groups of flowers come in and out of style or favor. Hydrangeas were popular in the 50’s but nothing much changed about them until new varieties suddenly were available. Now, they are ...

Hellebores are commonly called Christmas Rose or Lenten Rose, but there are actually more than twenty or so species and many new hybrids. This particular one is Helleborus niger ‘Josef Lemper’, a ...

Hail to the hellebore! The second week of January may not give you a garden filled with flowers, but there is one perennial plant that is often blooming this week no matter what the weather. The ...

Whenever we have a few mild days in February, gardeners get excited about plants and planting. We have already seen some crocus blooming and a few daffodils are about to burst into bloom, so we know ...

The calendar turned to spring last weekend but for Gini Cormier, spring arrives when her hellebores bloom. Just on time, they’ve opened in shades of white, green, pink, and purple around her Warwick ...

Daffodil plantings are blooming a little earlier this spring because of our unusual warm weather, as well as other landscape materials are also providing non-traditional blooms for winter interest.