Hepatica 2011

[gmoen]

A couple of Hepaticas from the northern faced part of the garden, just before it's to late - all the rest have finished flowering by now.

1 A filled form of Hepatica nobilis 'Alba' collected in  Scandinavia (sorry for the poor quality, it's really tricky to get a good shoot of this flowers)
2 My semiplena of Hepatica nobilis that gives plenty of pollen
3 Close up of the semiplena

[Olga Bondareva]

gmoen
Your hepaticas are beautiful and very interesting for crossing.

[Kristl Walek]

I have seen many cut-leaf forms of Hepatic acutiloba in the wild in Ontario in the past; but this most recent clone found by my friend Graham is quite dramatic. He tells me that seedlings nearby all exhibited the same foliage.

[ChrisB]

Lovely Kristl, you'll have to return to take pics when it flowers!

[mark smyth]

very nice

[Natalia]

gmoen, а very interesting form of white Hepatica! Blue semiplena Hepatica nobilis similar to the pollen found in our woods.

Kristl, magnificent foliage! Interesting, what flowers at them?

[WimB]

I have seen many cut-leaf forms of Hepatic acutiloba in the wild in Ontario in the past; but this most recent clone found by my friend Graham is quite dramatic. He tells me that seedlings nearby all exhibited the same foliage.

Very nice, Kristl.

Like Chris and Natalia, I'm curious about the flowers too.

[Kristl Walek]

I have seen many cut-leaf forms of Hepatic acutiloba in the wild in Ontario in the past; but this most recent clone found by my friend Graham is quite dramatic. He tells me that seedlings nearby all exhibited the same foliage.

Graham only discovered these this summer (after bloom).....and of course the plant went home with him. We won't know the flower colour until next spring; but I know the site where they were found---predominant colours there are pink and white; more rarely lilac/blue.

he has promised to return to the site for me & do some serious crawling around on hands and knees to find more variants. 

[Natalia]

Cristl, We will wait for foto of new finds!
And maybe the seeds ...

[t00lie]

Hepatica white.

Cheers Dave.

[Natalia]

Hot summer... As a result some Hepatica have blossomed the second time.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Hepatica autumnalis 

They already start to flower now .....

[Natalia]

 Hepatica  -  ugly ducklings of autumn... What fine swans they will be in the spring!

[Gunilla]

I agree, Natalia. Much nicer in the spring. It's not easy to compete with autumn colours 

[razvan chisu]

I received Jurgen Peters' Hepatica book today along with the SRGC seed list.
Spring seems so far away!