Hepatica nobilis bor bearing small blue bell-shaped flowers

bearing small blue bell-shaped flowers with twisted sepals

Best in sun and drier areas of the garden

They have sparce furriness (pubescent) above

Full plant in the wild by SAplants Wikimedia Commons

double flowers

Hepatica nobilis bor bearing small blue bell-shaped flowersA tiny, early spring perennial with kidney shaped, often silvery marbled leaves and delicate purple blue flowers, perfect for shady spots under deciduous shrubs, in rock gardens, or alpine troughs. Native to the Russian Far East, China, Korea, and Japan. A slow growing herbaceous perennial to 10cm, with kidney shaped, three lobed leaves, often with silvery marbling above, and solitary violet (not these I am afraid) or purple blue flowers with