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

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

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.

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

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

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