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Hepatica nobilis ''voilet / purple shades'' - Liverwort from Quackin Grass Nursery

Hepatica nobilis "violet / purple shades" - The flowers are a delight; and these are in a spectrum from deep jewel-toned violet to velvety dark blue-purple as this fine little perennial is often found pink to white. They are endearing. Each consists of 6 rounded petals with a candelabra of white anthers surrounding the yellow pistil at the heart. This charming virtually evergreen woodlander sports tri-lobed leaves of good substance which implies its common monikers of Liver Leaf, Liverleaf and Liverwort (the latter of which is a name I have always associated with a very primitive weed that's an issue in potted stock here - ah, the discrepancy of common names; but I digress); all are coarse names for a lovely, elfin species. Three-lobed leaves can sometimes emerge mottled in bronze and there has been some selection effected that can be had in some offerings. These are in a mix of green to greens with bronze-maroon on the leaf. Lobes sometimes come to a blunt point but are also sometimes rounded becoming infused with bronze-purple when temperatures drop and daylight diminishes. Part to dappled shade in fertile, draining ground.