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Part II: Good Rock Garden Plants

by NARGS contributors

 Hepatica americana
[heh-pat-i-kah ah-mehr-ih-kah-na]

1/2" flowers on 5" stems in early spring over semi-evergreen basal leaves with rounded lobes. Colors range from lilac, blue, pink to white. Well-drained soil under layer of leaves in deciduous shade. Native to eastern U.S. and Canada on wooded, slightly acid slopes. Zones 4-8.