wot tis it?

[burnie]

Veg gardener who doesn't have much flower experience here,this has appeared in my border on the front garden.I thought it was a Lenten Rose or something similar from the helebore family,but now it's "flowered" I'm not sure,I didn't plant it and it wasn't there last year,confused!

[Sweepster]

You were right!

[Printemps]

Looks very euphorbia-ish to me. Very striking whatever it is!

[scarey55]

Looks like a Stinking Hellebore to me - I say this only because I saw one the other day whilst out walking and had to look it up

There is a bit about it HERE but if you Google it you will find a better picture for identification.

[Sweepster]

http://www.thomashardy.co.uk/images/Hellebore.jpg

Here's a pic

[burnie]

That looks like the very thing,thanks guys.

[Alice]

They can seed themselves about Burnie, so if you have them in nearby gardens the Hellebore could have seeded into yours.

[vicky]

Lovely, keep it!

[Iamhanuman]

it's lovely
what are the flowers like

[kentvegplot]

Looks like Helleborus foetidus. Lovely thing, usually flowers very early (during Winter, rather than early Spring).

[burnie]

It will stay where it is,love getting self seeded plants,something for nothing is good.A nice splash of colour early in the year.

[burnie]

Just for an update,it's still in flower,what a great little plant.I take it that it will die down and pop up again next year?

[Alice]

In my last garden Burnie I had helebores that flowered from November to May. Just lovely. I've brought some with me so hope they will do the same here. Look out for self sown seedlings then you'll get some more.

[Pumpkin Becki]

Just for an update,it's still in flower,what a great little plant.I take it that it will die down and pop up again next year?

yep, its a perrenial, so it will come back every year for you.