The Christmas Rose for Winter Flowers
KARL F., FISCHER
The Christmas Rose for Winter Flowers – The genus Helleborus is a member of RANUNCULACEAE, the Crowfoot or Buttercup Family. Several species and cultivars of this genus are known. The Christmas Rose, Helleborus Niger, although by no means a common plant, is, perhaps, the best known and most commonly cultivated species.
The Christmas Rose is interesting not only botanically, but also from the legendary and the medicinal points of view.
The species H. Niger and its numerous cultivars are particularly valuable because of the flowering season, which extends from October until March…
