Lenten Rose

It's not a rose, but it does bloom at Lent.  Its other name is much less lovely...Hellebore.

 

Hellebore

The Hellebore are starting to flower.  What an awful name for a pretty plant.

 

Extreme close up III

Hellebore

Silver ragwort

Hellebore

This sweet flower has an odd name.  It's a Hellebore.  I'm not sure if that's because it was thought to be used by witches to summon demons, or if it comes from Greece.

Anyway it is a winter flowering plant which is welcome this time of year.