Helleborus x hybridus Vines What follows is the part

What follows is the part collectors plant the shrub for: the petals drop

The genus name comes from the Greek kerkis

the leaves and sap are mildly toxic if eaten and can irritate skin

'Alice' came from the University of Georgia campus

well-drained

Helleborus x hybridus Vines What follows is the partThe Lenten rose is not a rose at all, but a member of the buttercup tribe that happens to flower around Lent, in the raw weeks of late winter when the garden is otherwise bare. The blooms are nodding cups a couple of inches across, held just above the foliage in white, cream, pink, plum, and a smoky green, many of them freckled or veined at the throat. What look like petals are in fact sepals, which is the secret of the long show: rather than dropping