Do I want a Christmas rose for my border that will be all white?.

[Fluffycloudland77]

Lidl are doing them next week. £3.99, is that a good price?.

[MereDintofPandiculation]

Yes, that's a good price.

The advantage of a Christmas Rose, which is a Hellebore not a rose, is that the real flower is tiny, and the white "petals" are in fact bracts, modified leaves, so they are a lot tougher and last for weeks.

White is good for something that flowers in winter - the general greyness of the weather seems to sap the life out of other colours.

[frostedviolets]

I've never been able to keep them alive myself.

[parietal]

yes, hellebores are great. put them in any shady neglected patches of garden and leave them to look after themselves.

[MereDintofPandiculation]

I've never been able to keep them alive myself. I've found Helleborus orientalis "Lenten rose" easier than Helleborus niger "Christmas rose".