| CHRISTMASROSE | Variety of hellebore |
| ROSE | Christmas ___; species of hellebore (4) |
| ORE | Mineral content of hellebore (3) |
| CHRISTMAS | - rose, a snow and frost resilient species of hellebore with radiant white blooms in the colder months, often planted to brighten the winter garden (9) |
| LENT | Religious observance in the Christian calendar that begins on Ash Wednesday, and which gives its name to a type of hellebore (4) |
| PERENNIAL | Type of herbaceous border plant that grows back year after year foxglove, hellebore, anemone, peony,A echinacea, rambling rose and many more (9) |
| LEAF | Check hellebore foliage for signs of ___ spot disease (4) |
| VERATRUM | Genus of plants commonly called false hellebore... arum 'Vert' perhaps? (8) |
| BELL | Ring in the return of the hellebore (4) |
| NIGER | Species of 'Christmas rose' aka 'Black hellebore' referring to its root colour (5) |
| SPOT | Check hellebore foliage for signs of leaf ___ disease (4) |
| ELLE | This hybrid tea rose variety is a lifestyle magazine (of French origin) focusing on fashion, beauty, health and entertainment - and is also found in hellebores! (4) |
| BEARSFOOT | Stinking hellebore troubles forest boa ... (5,4) |
| HELEN | ___ Ballard, world-famous hellebore breeder (5) |
| LENTEN | __ rose (hellebore) |
| ANEMONE | Associated with Aphrodite's myth, a flower in the family that includes the hellebore and winter aconite (7) |
| MAESTRO | A hellebore with creamy-rose petals turning pink - 'Virtuoso'? (7) |
| ITCHWEED | Hellebore fascinating woman — pip is lost with being dropped |
| MATHIASELLA | Hellebore-like plant with green flowers turning pink - a shame it all spoilt (11) |
| RACHEL | Burgundy-flowering hellebore in Spring Promise Series; ___ de Thame, TV gardener (6) |
