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Hepatica 2018

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Gabriela:
Hi Joakim,

From the perspective of my cold climate of Ontario, I would say better wait for spring. Of course that it is not impossible as you say; the major worry (in my region) would be
that they won't have time to settle down and the frost heaving will bring them up when no snow on the ground.

Another observation is that Hepaticas do better in locations where they receive plenty of sun in the spring when flowering and then get shaded for the rest of the season.
Usually in the wild they grow under deciduous trees shade.

Good luck!

Joakim B:
Thanks for the input Gabriela
My thinking was that the hedge would act as a partial shade during during spring. The hedge is a ribes of some sort so should give partial shade.
The other hope is that the intact soil and rots from the pots would keep them in the ground. Normally we only have not so strong ground freezing.
I will see if the forecast talks about if there will be continued warm weather so that rooting / integration in the ground could take place. I will also place a pine branch on top in case of strong freezing to slow down the freezing of the ground as the freezing generally is short.
Thanks
Now I know what to secure if I want to succeed with this.
Kind regards
Joakim

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