Hepatica Species, Liverleaf, Liverwort, Roundlobe Anemone

Beautiful early spring plant , flowers when the crocuses bloom.Hardy in Calgary's zone 3B.My sister in law has an infestation of Hepatica...Read Mores and Martagons. She has a woodland garden and even though it takes 5 years to get a full sized plant the results are well worthwhile.

I have a carpet of this plant in central NE WI...It is growing in a woodland setting... It is very pretty in early spring for us..

I saw this plant recently on a camping trip in Northern Alabama. It was growing up the hill from the banks of a dry rocky creek among Oak...Read Moreleaf Hydrangea, native laceleaf hydrangea, native azaleas and Wild Evergreen Ginger. In fact, I first thought it was some mutant of the ginger. But then I recalled this in the woods of East Tennessee, where I grew up.

I now live much further south than this so I'm not sure it grows in my region of Southern Alabama. Although the hydrangeas and azaleas do.

The park ranger said that the creek has been dry for 3 years due to long and harsh drought and when it did run it was only in the winter months. He said rain has been very infrequent there for some time. From what I saw, the little plant was not suffering under these conditions.

Can grow in most woodland conditions, self sows under certain conditons (meaning some patches will sow seeds while others won't, could be...Read More fertility?). Seedlings form one true leaf. I prefer to wait two years before transplant them due to their tiny size and their slow growth rate.