Looking at these pictures you can understand what the author means.

Hellebore’s appeal is not only the early, wonderful flower that appears at a time when other plants are still hibernating and the garden world is full of brown that is tempting more and more gardeners to utilize this plant in the landscape. Our precious helleborus are robust and evergreen when not flowering and demand little of the gardener.

The Christmas Rose is getting more beautiful from one year to the next with exciting new varieties in the pipeline that bring significant improvements in flowers, response and habit. This genus is growing in popularity – maybe it has caught your fancy already!