A Little Hellebore Magic

Last week, author Kate Forsyth and I were having a little tweet exchange on the magic that is the winter-flowering hellebore, so I thought I’d share some of the photos, together with a little more information, here as well.

A mix of red and deep pink colours…

I always refer to all hellebores as “winter roses”, but in fact that’s not correct. There are two main types: “Helleborus niger” (black hellebore), the actual ‘winter rose’ (aka ‘Christmas rose’), and “Helleborus orientalis”, which is tr...