08/09/2026
Oh I do love me some Hellebores! I foraged a little bunch yesterday, before they are gone until next year. A patch of hellebores in bloom is good for the soul!
In the Victorian language flowers, the hellebore flower was said to symbolize ‘scandal and calumny’. I had zero idea what calumny but google tells me it means a false and damaging accusation about someone — malicious and slanderous! Gossip! Disgrace! Nasty rumours! Not my beautiful Miss Hellebore!