Hepatica maxima Blue Flowering Plants From the Kyushu Mountains of

From the Kyushu Mountains of Japan

Is this a macho hardy fern or what

deer-resistant grass that will knock your horticultural socks off

The 2' tall stalks emerge in spring from knobby white rhizomes and expand

first brought to our attention by Bob McCartney of Woodlanders

Hepatica maxima Blue Flowering Plants From the Kyushu Mountains ofWe are thrilled to finally be able to offer one of the rarest of the hepatica species an endemic only to Ullung Island, east of Korea. I was fortunate to climb to the top of the island in 1997, to see these magnificent specimens growing in dense shade under tree size camellias. When mature, each clump can reach 1' in width with glossy olive green leaves w purple undersides. In spring, the giant clumps, which emerge covered with silvery white hair, are