Leaf pruning is totally an aesthetic improvement; your Lenten rose will not flower more if you do it, or flower less if you don't do it (but you might not even notice the flowers if you don't)!

Reviewed by Debra LaGattuta Lenten rose (Helleborus x hybridus) is not a rose; it's a perennial hybrid hellebore belonging to the buttercup family. The name origin of "Lenten rose" refers to the ...

Pussy willow, Lenten roses, forsythia and pansies: Grow your best early-spring flowers and shrubs. ... fertilizei n spring and summer and prune when it's finished blooming.

Ciscoe Morris suggests sprucing up your old Helleborus orientalis (Lenten rose) by cutting the old foliage back to the new stems emerging at the base. Treat Botrytis on helleborus before it ruins ...

A. Lenten rose, Helleborus orientalis, is a winter to spring-blooming perennial that I’ve grown in my garden for years. It performs quite well in Southern California as long as its light and ...