🌸 Flower
ANX-FLOWER-0000026
Christmas Rose
Helleborus niger
Christmas Rose (Helleborus niger), an evergreen perennial of the Ranunculaceae family, is a winter-blooming alpine woodland plant whose white, cup-shaped flowers can open in the snow around the Christmas season in mild climates.
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- Ranunculaceae
- Plant type
- Evergreen perennial
- Bloom color
- White fading to blush pink, with yellow stamens
- Bloom season
- Winter to early spring (December-March)
- Mature height
- 20-30 cm cm
- Sun requirements
- Part shade to full shade
- Fragrance
- Not notably fragrant
- Native region
- Mountainous alpine regions of central and southern Europe (Alps, Apennines, Dinaric Alps)
Growing
Growing Conditions
- Water requirements
- Medium, consistently moist soil; dislikes drying out.
- Climate requirements
- Cool alpine/temperate climate; needs a sheltered site protected from harsh winter winds.
- Soil types
- Moist, organically rich, humusy, neutral to alkaline, well-drained soil.
- Propagation method
- Division, seed, self-seeding
Ecology
Pollinators & Toxicity
- Pollinator value
- Important early-season nectar and pollen source for bees and bumblebees on mild winter days.
- Toxicity
- Toxic to dogs, cats, and horses (ASPCA) and to humans - all parts contain bufadienolides, glycosides, veratrine and protoanemonin, causing drooling, abdominal pain, diarrhea and depression if ingested.
Use
Uses & Economic Importance
- Uses
- Cut flowers, winter garden interest, woodland ground cover, potted plant
- Economic importance
- A popular winter-flowering pot plant and cut flower in the ornamental horticulture trade, valued for blooming in the depths of winter.
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