During the season of Lent and Easter our Lenten Roses, never fail to pop up even in the snow! It is a sign that spring is on the way. The Lenten Roses (Hellebores) are not actually a rose , but in the buttercup family of plants. Ours originally were given to us by gardener/quilter friend Sue in Atlanta, then replanted when we moved to Turtle Creek....they have survived inspite of me, multiplied and we have added lime-green and white ones; there is even a purple almost black available now.