Christmas rose aka hellebore

I have been watching two plants in pots on the patio: white hellebore and the last few days have been rewarded by the appearance of flowers.

[gloria jones]

Wonderful close up, details

[Bep]

Very pretty. We have some hellebore in our garden, no flowers yet...

[JackieR]

Lovely macro, I've just looked and my purple ones are in bud!!

[Shutterbug]

Lovely shot. I have a hellebore in the garden, but I don’t think it will flower until end of February.

[Pat Knowles]

Love the white & green together!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Very pretty - I have never had any luck with hellebores in my garden - perhaps the answer is to plant it in a pot !!

[Joanne Diochon]

Blooming right on time for the Christmas season.

[Carole Sandford]

Love hellebores. Lovely shot.

[sarah]

Stunning

[Hazel]

@beryl

Try maybe, Beryl!

[Janiskay]

Very pretty. Beautiful flower!

[wendy frost]

How lovely to have them in flower this early one of my favourite flowers Fav

[Babs]

So pretty, how nice to be rewarded with such beautiful flowers.

[Milanie]

Beautiful focusing.

[Issi Bannerman]

I love these flowers.

[Merrelyn]

Lovely detail

[Tunia McClure]

worth waiting for

[Hazel]

Thanks everyone for visiting my photo of the hellebore. The highlight for me, of course, will be when the purple ones in the garden are in flower.

@seattlite @tunia @merrelyn @jamibann @milaniet @onewing @wendyfrost @janiskay @samae @carole_sandford @gardencat @beryl @happypat @shutterbug49 @30pics4jackiesdiamond @gijsje

[Nina Ganci]

magnificent details
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[haskar]

Beautiful close up. Lovely pov and focus.

[Walks @ 7]

A very nice gentle image in this time of busy crazy.

[Sylvia du Toit]

Just beautiful

[Hazel]

@joysabin

Thank you for that lovely comment. I can't do 'busy crazy' at any time!

[Junko Y]

Beautiful angle -- so well captured. I wonder if an alternate crop might put the flower more Into the corner, or crop for a square?

[Hazel]

@jyokota

Will try!

[william wooderson]

Here in Italy they grow wild around the nearby football pitch :-)