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Re: Hepatica 2021
« Reply #285 on: March 11, 2021, 09:03:53 PM »
Gabriela, your pink multipetal is lovely. Like Carsten, I have never seen one in the wild. Actually not any cultivated either.
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Re: Hepatica 2021
« Reply #286 on: March 11, 2021, 09:23:52 PM »
Today it has been windy but rather mild, so some Hepaticas opend their flowers.
Hepatica nobilis 'Topaz Star' bud and fully opened
Hepatica nobilis bicoloured form
Hepatica nobilis 'Bavarian Blue' seedlings
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Re: Hepatica 2021
« Reply #287 on: March 11, 2021, 10:00:47 PM »
Today it has been windy but rather mild, so some Hepaticas opend their flowers.
Hepatica nobilis 'Topaz Star' bud and fully opened
Hepatica nobilis bicoloured form
Hepatica nobilis 'Bavarian Blue' seedlings
Carsten, once again beautiful plants! Topaz Star is really a star!
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Re: Hepatica 2021
« Reply #288 on: March 12, 2021, 01:01:29 AM »
Gabriela, your pink multipetal is lovely. Like Carsten, I have never seen one in the wild. Actually not any cultivated either.

Thank you Gunilla. It is interesting to hear about this. Although I lived part of my life in Eastern Europe, in my region the 'queen of the woods' was H. transsilvanica. I really don't remember about H. nobilis and I wouldn't take pictures at the time.

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Re: Hepatica 2021
« Reply #289 on: March 12, 2021, 01:04:01 AM »
Today it has been windy but rather mild, so some Hepaticas opend their flowers.
Hepatica nobilis 'Topaz Star' bud and fully opened
Hepatica nobilis bicoloured form
Hepatica nobilis 'Bavarian Blue' seedlings

You manage such perfect pictures with the 'Topaz Star' Carsten!
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Re: Hepatica 2021
« Reply #290 on: March 12, 2021, 01:37:42 AM »
Today it has been windy but rather mild, so some Hepaticas opend their flowers.
Hepatica nobilis 'Topaz Star' bud and fully opened
Hepatica nobilis bicoloured form
Hepatica nobilis 'Bavarian Blue' seedlings
All of them beautiful. I love particularly the  "Bavarian blue". Carsten  I transplanted your
" Bavarian blue "seedling last year into the regular bed. I hope it is alive under the snow.
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Re: Hepatica 2021
« Reply #291 on: March 12, 2021, 06:22:58 AM »
'Topaz Star' is fabulous! I already admired it in February when you posted a picture of it, but this picture is so perfect:).
I like also bicoloured and 'Bavarian Blue', and hope to see mine flowering in next month. They are still under snow, which is good because this week the coldest night was -15C.
There is so much variation in H.nobilis in Europe.
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Re: Hepatica 2021
« Reply #292 on: March 12, 2021, 06:28:21 AM »
More Hepatica acutiloba (sharp-lobed Hepatica) seedlings have started to bloom. It is interesting to see the differences in the stamens between the two flowers. The bottom flower has more typical stamens.
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Re: Hepatica 2021
« Reply #293 on: March 12, 2021, 06:54:32 AM »
'Topaz Star' is fabulous!

Carsten, I agree with Leena. 'Topaz Star' is very special. Beautiful colour and shape.
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Re: Hepatica 2021
« Reply #294 on: March 12, 2021, 07:00:11 AM »
More Hepatica acutiloba (sharp-lobed Hepatica) seedlings have started to bloom. It is interesting to see the differences in the stamens between the two flowers. The bottom flower has more typical stamens.

Thanks for showing us. The first one has stamens like an explosion  :). I like it.
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Re: Hepatica 2021
« Reply #295 on: March 12, 2021, 07:28:02 AM »
More Hepatica acutiloba (sharp-lobed Hepatica) seedlings have started to bloom. It is interesting to see the differences in the stamens between the two flowers. The bottom flower has more typical stamens.
Very nice forms! I like the pastel tints of acutiloba and the upright habit of the flowers.
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Re: Hepatica 2021
« Reply #296 on: March 12, 2021, 07:29:13 AM »
Carsten, I agree with Leena. 'Topaz Star' is very special. Beautiful colour and shape.
I agree, too! It's not only a beautiful color and shape, but the green stems make the flower stand out as well. Darker colored flower with green stems are rare in H. nobilis. Love it!
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Re: Hepatica 2021
« Reply #297 on: March 12, 2021, 07:55:13 AM »
More Hepatica acutiloba (sharp-lobed Hepatica) seedlings have started to bloom. It is interesting to see the differences in the stamens between the two flowers. The bottom flower has more typical stamens.
Peppa, very beautiful acutiloba. Here there is not so much variation in the colours. Hopefully you get a lot of seed of them.
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Re: Hepatica 2021
« Reply #298 on: March 12, 2021, 08:51:07 AM »
In November 2020 there was a discussion about Hepatica ‘Millstream Merlin’ or Hepatica x media ‘Millstream Merlin’.
Now I have found this article http://www.hazelwoodfarm.co.uk/HelpingHepaticas.pdf

Recent DNA research on the American species now shows them not to be related to H. nobilis, so it may now seem appropriate to drop the ‘× media’ designation. Indeed as H. acutiloba has a tendency to produce maiden flowers, it may well be that the parentage of H. ‘Millstream Merlin’ is H. acutiloba × H. transsilvanica. A maiden form of Hepatica acutiloba has been exhibited by Diane Clement at some of the AGS shows, and the resemblance between her plant’s flowers and those of ‘Millstream Merlin’ is very striking, so it could be the seed parent.
No one can doubt the H. transsilvanica pollen parentage regarding the foliage. Whatever the parentage, ‘Millstream Merlin’ received an A.M. when exhibited in 1989 by the late Kath Dryden.
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Re: Hepatica 2021
« Reply #299 on: March 12, 2021, 01:21:27 PM »
In November 2020 there was a discussion about Hepatica ‘Millstream Merlin’ or Hepatica x media ‘Millstream Merlin’.
Now I have found this article http://www.hazelwoodfarm.co.uk/HelpingHepaticas.pdf

Recent DNA research on the American species now shows them not to be related to H. nobilis, so it may now seem appropriate to drop the ‘× media’ designation. Indeed as H. acutiloba has a tendency to produce maiden flowers, it may well be that the parentage of H. ‘Millstream Merlin’ is H. acutiloba × H. transsilvanica. A maiden form of Hepatica acutiloba has been exhibited by Diane Clement at some of the AGS shows, and the resemblance between her plant’s flowers and those of ‘Millstream Merlin’ is very striking, so it could be the seed parent.
No one can doubt the H. transsilvanica pollen parentage regarding the foliage. Whatever the parentage, ‘Millstream Merlin’ received an A.M. when exhibited in 1989 by the late Kath Dryden.


Interesting article, Herman!  I thought it was quite obvious that this is a cross of acutiloba (nobilis var. acuta) x transsilvanica. The leaf veins of the plant remind me very much of acutiloba. 'Millstream Merlin' is really outstanding.
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