Helleborus niger
Christmas rose, Black hellebore, Christmas-rose, Black Helleborus
Description
Helleborus niger, also known as Christmas rose, flowers in winter and is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant. Fairly vigorous and luxuriant, first in cultivation but more so in the flowerbed. It likes cooler areas for summer cultivation, while in the garden it should be placed in shade or half-shade. Growth is initially slow and cultivation is long, at least a year, and in some cases even longer, up to two.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Ranunculales
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Helleborus
- Species
- Helleborus niger
