Hepatica japonica Hokutosei

Easy to grow in a moist but well drained soil with a little shade, particularly in summer as the sun will scorch the leaves. The foliage is the typical three lobed affair and held on wiry petioles all originating from a central point. The flowers are the obvious attraction, and these plants have a secure following in the plant world with more and more new hybrids coming along every day. This hybrid quite unique in appearance and is semi double, the outer petals being the largest and the inner petals being numerous and densely packed but open enough to give a flattened flower. Fewer flowers are produced from these plants when they are young but they are double and do last considerably longer. Multiple flowers per nose are produced and multiple noses will produce an impressive showpiece.