Hepatica nobilis
Hepatica noblis is a charming woodlander with exquisite violet blue blooms and petite green foliage.
Hepatica noblis is a charming, diminuitive, woodland denizen closely related to the anemones with exquisite violet blue blooms and petite green foliage. Good as a small groundcover in shade to part shade and excellent interplanted with and blooming at the same time as Helleborus, Anemone nemorosa and Corydalis scouleri. A Canadian native from Manitoba to Nova Scotia. Photo: Wikipedia.
Common Name: Liver Leaf
Family: Ranunculaceae (The Buttercup Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-9
Light: Full Shade, Part Shade
Height: 4-8"
Width: 4-8"
Primary Bloom Colour: Blue
Secondary Bloom Colour: Violet
Bloom Time: Spring
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Evergreen
Type: Perennial
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Damp ground in shady deciduous, usually beech, woodlands, scrub and grassland, especially on limestone, from Manitoba to Nova Scotia south through most of the eastern US.
Award: AGM
Geographical Origin: Europe and Western Russia
