What are the differences?

What is the difference between a spring rose and a spring rose?

• Heyday
• Flower color
• Flower size
• preferred location

Lenten roses bloom later than Christmas roses

The names of the two species already indicate that they have their main flowering period at different times. Both bloom during the cold season, but the Christmas rose opens its flowers at Christmas.

the Spring rose makes its grand entrance in spring. the Heyday starts in February and March and lasts a couple of weeks.

Christmas roses are only available in white

The Christmas rose is only available in one single flower color, namely white. The flowers are smaller than those of the spring rose.

Spring roses comes in many colors - the palette ranges from white to yellow and pink to red and purple. Often the flowers are speckled inside.

Differences in the choice of location

Although both types belong to the hellebore, they have quite different requirements for theirs Location.

The Christmas rose likes it partially shaded. The soil substrate should be clayey. Christmas roses also prefer calcareous soil.

The spring rose, on the other hand, does not tolerate chalky locations well. She likes to stand in light but also tolerates Penumbra or blazing sun. A good place is under trees and bushes that do not yet have leaves during the flowering period in spring.

Christmas roses and spring roses - easy to care for and robust

In our latitudes, Christmas roses and spring roses are almost the only flowers that even bloom in the snow.

They are very easy-care and neither have to in summer fertilized still to be poured.

Both types are also good cut flowers. The flowers are cut before they have fully opened. The vase should be placed in a cool place.