Hellebores are the flowers for the Lent season

Hellebores are beautiful evergreen perennials that bloom in early spring. There are at least 15 species of Hellebores and numerous hybrids that are often misidentified in the horticulture trade. The Hellebore of interest today has the common name of Lenten Rose, variously assigned the specific epithets Helleborus (heh-li-BORE-us) orientalis, Helleborus x hybridus (hy-BRID-us), and most recently,…