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Helleborus

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Helleborus
European plant genus in the Ranunculaceae family; contains a protoanemonin glycoside hellebrin causing diarrhea, dysentery, abdominal pain, and cardiac glycosides which cause sudden death. Includes H. argutifolius (H. corsicus), H. foetidus (stinking hellebore, setterwort), H. niger (Christmas rose), H. orientalis, H. viridis (green hellebore).
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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.
Gardening by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
Helleborus (Lenten Rose) is one of the taller grounds covering plant, growing to a height of 20-30 cm.
Ground Covers 101 by Tammy Sons / Consumer news, advice, product reviews community
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)
 
 
 
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