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Falling for Far Eastern charms Dainty hepaticas are increasing in popularity in Britain Melissa Mabbitt Garden writer

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HE charms of dainty hepaticas have been admired for centuries in the Far East, inspiring a fascination among Japanese gardeners similar to that of snowdrop enthusiasts in Britain.

Now the colourful woodlanddweller is becoming increasingly popular here, but can it ever rival the passion prompted by our delicate white galanthus?

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collectors can certainly be justified, with intricate flower forms resulting from years of cultivation by breeders. But the naturally-occurring species are just as striking, creating a carpet of blue, mauve or white under deciduous woodland trees in countries as far apart as America, Asia and Europe.

The common European hepatica, H. nobilis, is usually indigo blue and grows in leaf mould-rich but free-draining soil on the slopes of hillside woodlands, pushing its way

A compact form in shades of baby pink, powder blue or pure white, all with yellow filaments and marbled leaves.

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Hepatica nobilis ‘Rubra Plena’

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Hepatica transsilvanica

A beautiful double form of H. nobilis with a neat whorl of narrow magenta-pink petals within a wider outer set.

Slightly taller and larger than H. nobilis and more tolerant of dry shade. This pure white form is particularly striking.

Hepatica pubescens

Hepatica media ‘Harvington Beauty’

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Hepatica acutiloba

A sturdy hepatica with upward facing, mainly white but also pale pink or blue flowers. Some are wonderfully fragrant.

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Pere nnia l Pa rti al sh ad e Well drain ed soil He ight 7-10c m (3-4 in) Late wi nte r flo we rin g

through the melting snow. The first flowers arrive in February along with the snowdrops, followed by a later flush in March.

Arriving at a similar time to crocuses, you could try growing them as an unusual alternative.

But with their far more open, buttercup-like flowers revealing brightly contrasting white or yellow stamens, hepaticas have the edge.

Their waxy leaves follow on from the flowers, and are a delight in themselves. They are lobed, almost ivy-like in appearance,

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Hepatica nobilis pyrenaica

Hepatica

A Japanese hepatica, but can be grown outside in a sheltered spot.

It has rounded, softly bi-coloured petals and hairy leaves.

A free-flowering hybrid of H. nobilis and H. transsilvanica with the hardiness of both.

sometimes with a mottled silverygrey and green pattern.

Some varieties, such as Hepatica nobilis ‘Cremar’ have a wavy margin, giving the leaves a frilled look. Unlike other spring flowers, the leaves create a lasting carpet of green that with care will persist into summer. Be careful though: once cut, the leaves will not regrow so try not to damage them when weeding.

H. nobilis, along with another European species H. transilvanica, are the easiest species to grow in UK gardens. Try to emulate the conditions of its native habitats by digging leaf mould and grit into an area of dappled shade.

As they are a woodland plant, it is important not to place them in an exposed position.

Once happily established, the flowers will be almost weatherproof, even withstanding a coating of snow. Lucky gardeners may also find their happy hepaticas start to self-seed around – a real reward and a sign you are truly getting it right!

Japanese varieties come in a gorgeous array of flower forms and colours, but are far more difficult to grow in British gardens, where

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Delicate blooms of Hepatica maxima THINKSTOCK

they tend to sulk in the cold, wet winters. Like most other alpines, it’s not the winter cold that gets to them, but the combination of cold and wet conditions.

But one way to try growing them with more success is in a container. Try a free-draining clay pot or a shallow stone trough with a very big drainage hole in it, and fill it with equal parts John Innes No 2 compost, leaf mould and grit or Perlite. Once planted up, move it into a unheated greenhouse in winter.

Hepaticas don’t like competition, so whichever variety you choose, grow them in an area where they won’t be crowded out by heftier plants.

They look great grown as one carpet of flowers, but you can also try growing them with some similar-sized companion plants that have the same vigour, such as trilliums, wood anemones, snowdrops or erythroniums.

Or try planting them under deciduous shrubs or small trees such as hamamelis, Cornus officinalis, Cornus mas ‘Variegata’ and ribes ‘White Icicle’, which are all lovely companions.

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START with the European hepaticas – they are the easiest and once you succeed with these, you will probably be smitten!

If you have a very sheltered garden, try the American species. If you want to set your sights even higher and have a cold greenhouse then have a go with the Japanese hepaticas.

Plant on a cool, welldrained slope in a light ‘fluffy’ soil rich in leaf mould. It is essential that they are exposed to early spring sunshine, but they must have plenty of shade after flowering and especially during the heat of the summer.

They will thrive under deciduous trees and shrubs or in crevices in rock gardens, performing best where there are good humidity levels.

Hepaticas 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.

The best time to plant them is in late winter through to spring and again in autumn, as long as there is no frost, drought or waterlogged conditions.

Propagate them by division from the end of August through September as the weather cools and humidity increases.

Excessive prolonged rainfall in early summer can cause the leaves to blacken and rot prematurely.

Remove any badly damaged foliage and spray with a systemic fungicide.

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Carol Klein can never have too many native primroses in her garden!

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HE first primroses we saw this year were out just after new year. When I say we, I mean me and our dogs, Fifi and Fleur. Perhaps I was more interested in them than the dogs, although Fleur did give them a cursory sniff.

Primroses are the heralds of spring and hedgerows are beginning to glimmer with their bright stars. Our native primrose, Primula vulgaris, is the simplest and the most perfect. It is keen on a west-facing site where, with a bit of luck, it can enjoy the warm afternoon sun.

“ When the sun shines their perfume pulls in insects” The pale flowers with their egg-yolk centres shine out even on dull days and no doubt attract moths in the dusk, but when the sun shines their gentle perfume pulls in insects from all around.

Primroses are eminently pickable and though this is now illegal, it was once widely practiced. Gypsies picked primroses to sell door to door.

So too did the families of men and women employed at the paper mills of Devon where, during the 1930s and 1940s, it became the practice at the appropriate time of year to send off a bunch of primroses with every consignment of paper despatched. It only ceased when

Primula seed is easy to collect and sow

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picking primroses became illegal in the 1970s.

I can remember the delight on Mothering Sunday of being presented with a little posy of primroses by my girls when they were little. I think they all came from the garden.

Probably even more thrilling than picking them is growing them yourself. One or two plants will soon build up or grow more from their seed. Take a few seed pods when they are fat but still green, tear back the casing and sow it on the surface of damp compost. Cover it with a thin layer of compost or grit and leave it outside in a shady site where the rain cannot wash away the seed.

Germination is rapid and in no time at all, you should have oodles of primroses to brighten up the garden and gladden the heart.

Now there’s an astonishing range of polyanthus and primulas.

Primula ‘Wanda’ has been around for decades but is still one of the most special. Its strident magenta flowers are a familiar feature to town and country dwellers alike.

When I was young it used to fill the little front gardens of the miners’ and millworkers’ terraces. It is an easy plant to ‘pass around’ and, since it is almost indestructible it encourages new gardeners to have a go.

Recently it has lent its genes to a whole range of ‘Wanda’ hybrids, short, stocky plants often with dark leaves and richly coloured dark flowers with little yellow in their centres, an inheritance from primula ‘Cowichan’.

The Cowichan Group were developed by Florence Bellis, an American concert pianist who,

having no work at the time of the Great Depression decided to earn her living breeding primulas and trying to sell them.

Originally all her seed was from England and over a period of more than 30 years she worked on perfecting different strains.

‘Striped Victorians’, ‘Chartreuse’, ‘Desert Sunset’ and ‘Grand Canyon Strain’ are examples of her work.

Later she succeeded in developing a seed strain that regularly produced double flowers. Using pollen from an exquisite old French primrose, ‘Marie Crousse’, she crossed and back-crossed her plants. Double flowers are sterile so it was no mean feat that, after years of patience she achieved her objective.

Cultivation and care for all primroses and polyanthus is much the same. They thrive in cool

CAROL KLEIN

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Jasminum nudiflorum is on my shopping list for early colour THINKSTOCK

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Carol’s gardening diary Monday

Went the whole hog with our clematis ‘Alba Luxurians’ and cut it back to a few buds. We usually leave it longer so fingers are crossed.

Rocket sown a few weeks ago has germinated. We only sowed a couple of seeds per module. With no competition they should grow fast.

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Tuesday

Tu esd a

True there are snowdrops and hellebores to make us dream of spring but this easy, handsome shrub with a plethora of yellow flowers gives stature and height to the early garden.

Introduced by Robert Fortune (who also introduced or at least publicised tea) in the 1840s, it has become a favourite and won the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

It can be straggly so I’m going to train it up on the north side of our oak fence.

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OST of the plants I choose for ‘Pick of the Week’ are plants I’ve known and grown for many years, but not this week.

Though it’s not yet in my garden, the plant I’ve chosen is one of the most popular and widely grown of all shrubs: winter jasmine. Its popularity is particularly magnified because of when it flowers. Often it provides one of the few splashes of colour around at the dingiest time of the year.

Wednesday

Two branches of our Prunus padus came down last year squashing the camellia below.

The camellia is full of flower buds so I’ve propped it up for now and will prune it later on.

Thursday

Friday

Dug up all the young nut trees appearing around the garden and potted them up. If we can’t use them somebody will.

Friday

Most of my snowdrops are up, so I’ve been trying to identify them. Over the years labels and notes have gone astray!

Florence Bellis introduced colourful Barnhaven hybrids

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Sunday

Went over the ferns with secateurs to remove stubby stems and expose the new ‘knuckles’.

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Areas under deciduous trees or between shrubs suit them well.

Alternatively they can be planted between clumps of herbaceous perennials that will be barely visible when the primroses are at their peak, but will provide shade at the height of the summer when the primroses are resting.

Give them what nature would provide and they will reward you with an arresting performance every spring.

Ordered some bulbs of Lilium regale. On Gardeners’ World this year I’ll touch on where plants come from, so this lily, introduced by E.H. Wilson, is apt.

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humus-rich soil and appreciate a thorough mulch with leaf mould or home made compost. They are best divided every couple of years, pulled apart and replanted with their roots trimmed back to 10cm (4in ) so that they are not folded back when replanting. Although they’re tolerant plants, they are in their element among shrubs or under deciduous trees.

Primroses are hedgerow plants and enjoy dappled shade.

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