Garden Highlights

Don't miss our Garden Highlights, updated weekly on Thursday, featuring plants for their outstanding ornamental characteristics. Discover everything from flowers to fruit, buds, bark and more. You can search for specific plants using the Plant Finder

Featured: April 17-23

Common Name: Hellebore, Lenten Rose
Scientific Name: Helleborus

Hellebore, also known as lenten rose, are shade-loving perennial plants in the Helleborus genus. There are about 15 species of hellebore, with most native to Europe and Asia and preferring warmer climates. Though not native to the United States, Helleborus orientalis and many hybrid cultivars of the plant can grow here in Minnesota!

Hellebores have nodding blooms and are available in many different hues, including shades of pink, purple, white and yellow! Their leaves are evergreen to semi-evergreen, meaning they often retain their leaves throughout the winter. Take care when handling this plant; all parts of hellebores vary in toxicity levels and can cause skin irritation.

Hellebores are planted in many areas throughout the Arboretum with the largest display behind the Oswald Visitor Center in the MacMillan and Morgan Terrace gardens. Visit the Plant Finder to see the locations and cultivars of hellebores throughout the grounds!

Garden Highlights

Featured: April 17-23

White Forsythia

Split-corona Daffodil

White Trout Lily

Chinese Twinleaf

Double-flowered Bloodroot

Skunk Cabbage

Leatherwood

Apricot

Star Magnolia

Common Hyacinth

Forsythia

Sharp-lobed Hepatica

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