I have said before that one of the wonderful things about a love of plants is sharing them. I have a good friend in Japan, Tetsuo, who has provided me with these wonderful forms of Hepatica which are in flower now and very much thrive in a warmer site in my peat garden. These are equally at home in partial shade. 

It also makes another point and that is most of my deciduous Meconopsis are only just beginning to poke through the ground and plants like this create interest in a garden dedicated to Meconopsis when there is not much else in flower. I shall add some other plants types in this category over the next few weeks.