This week Alan and Thordis are excited to bring you a joyful special focussing on Hepaticas with their chief cheerleader, John Massey of Ashwood Nurseries. His book, 'My World of Hepaticas' (with Tomoo Mabuchi), is a veritable treasure trove of information (and downright divine photographs!) In this episode of Talking Dirty, we meander through the different species (including which should tolerate a garden situation) and discuss everything from botany to John's anecdotes from years tracking them down in the wild. And of course, we detour via several other plants as well. It wouldn't be Talking Dirty if we didn't do that! PLANT LIST Galanthus 'Veronica Cross' Galanthus 'Wasp' Hepatica japonica var. nipponica f. candida Hepatica transsilvanica Hepatica japonica var. nipponica f. magna Hepatica japonica var. pubescens Hepatica japonica var. nipponica f. magna Hepatica americana Hepatica americana var. acuta (syn H. acutiloba) Hepatica americana var. acuta x H. nobilis Trillium nivale Daphne laureola subsp. philippi Hamamelis Cyclamen coum Miscanthus Pennisetum Lewisia cotyledon 'Harold Judd' Hepatica 'Millstream Merlin' Helleborus (Rodney Davey Marbled Group) 'Anna's Red' Helleborus × ericsmithii Hepatica maxima Sorbus 'Olympic Flame' Hepatica insularis Hydrangea serrata Hepatica x schlyteri (H. nobilis 'Stained Glass’ x H. maxima) Macodes petola Hepatica nobilis 'Stained Glass' Hepatica 'Louise Koehler' Anemonella thalictroides f. rosea 'Oscar Schoaf' Hepatica japonica 'Mori' Shortia Hepatica 'Millstream Pink' Prunus 'Kursar' Polypodium