Description
Hepatica asiaticahas mainly white but also pink and purple, flowers, appearing before the leaves unfurl during February and March.Deciduous, round-lobed leaves covered with fine hairs on the upper surface. A deciduous perennial, short rhizome with dense fibrous roots. Height8-18cm.
The Asiatic hepaticas require an extremely sheltered position if grown outside. Plant on a cool, well-drained slope in a light fluffy soil rich in leaf mould. It is essential that they are exposed to early spring sunshine, but they must receive plenty of shade immediately after flowering and especially during the heat of the summer. They will thrive under deciduous trees and shrubs or in crevices in the rock garden, performing best where there is good humidity. They respond well to a top-dressing of leaf-mould in autumn and an annual feed of fish, blood and bone in late winter. Remove old leaves just before flowering. Many enthusiasts prefer to grow the Asiatic hepaticas in clay pots in the protected environment of an alpine house or poly-tunnel.
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