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Specific Families and Genera => Hepatica => Topic started by: Starking007 on December 26, 2022, 08:27:06 PM
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Germany/Deutschland
Leberblümchentermine 2023 (von der Seite Alpine Peters)
03.-05. März 2023 Botanischer Garten München Faszination Leberblümchen Eintritt: 5,50
Ausstellung der Carl-Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung mit Pflanzenverkauf von Spezialgärtnereien
Im Haus 11 der Gewächshäuser des Botanischen Gartens München-Nymphenburg 9.00-16.00 Uhr (?)
18.-19. März 2023 Alpine Peters Uetersen
Hepatica Ausstellung und Show 2023 Pflanzen-Themen-Tage
Ausstellung & Verkauf Geöffnet von 10-16 Uhr
25.-26. März 2023 Andreas Händel Neu Falkenrehde
Hepatica-Tage Ausstellung & Verkauf Geöffnet von 10-16 Uhr
18.-19. Februar 2023 Schneeglöckchen-Tage im Kloster Knechtsteden bei Dormagen
Auch mit Hepatica 9-16 Uhr
11.-12. März 2023 Raritätenbörse Vorfrühlingsblüher Erfurt ega Gelände
Auch mit Hepatica 10:00 bis 16:00 Uhr Eintritt 6,00
...und gerne bei mir/uns, im Garten und in der Natur (pink und purpur fußläufig)
Gärtnereibetrieb Uwe Stiebritz - ob, wann, wo?
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Es geht los:
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Arthur, it is great to see some Hepatica flowers! Here the days are very dark and a lot of rain. So here the Hepaticas are waiting for SUN.
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The same here, a few try it, there aren't many more!
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Nice Arthur!
Here the first flowering Hepatica is 'Maria Theresia'.
It was found in Austria. For me the best blue filled nobilis. It is very interesting to see how the colour and the flower shap is changing.
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Nice Arthur!
Here the first flowering Hepatica is 'Maria Theresia'.
It was found in Austria. For me the best blue filled nobilis. It is very interesting to see how the colour and the flower shap is changing.
Patrick, very nice Hepatica. I have lost this one in the garden. Here it is still not enough sun, to see some flowers.
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Nice Arthur!
Here the first flowering Hepatica is 'Maria Theresia'.
It was found in Austria. For me the best blue filled nobilis. It is very interesting to see how the colour and the flower shap is changing.
Even if not very fond on doubles, I also think H. nobilis 'Maria Theresa' is one of the most beautiful double there is - nature's gift ti us!
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The first Hepatica bloom beautifully!
Hep. jap. 'Hanashiori'
Hep. jap. 'Murasaki shikibu'
Hep. jap. 'Sui en'
Hep. jap. 'Yumengokoti'
Hep. pubescens ex. 'Hohobeni'
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The Hepatica japonica are starting
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Simon, impressive colours!
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Some Hepatica's from our garden:
Hepatica transsilvanica 'Schwanensee'
Hepatica x media 'Avatar'
Hepatica yamatutai doesn' grow well in our garden
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Simon, really nice reds you have. :)
It is nice to see also Herman's Hepaticas already flowering. :)
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Very nice colors on H. japonica Simon.
Herman, always exciting to see the first Hepaticas of the season!
With our swings in temperatures this winter and snowdrops flowering, I also checked on Hepaticas but with the exceptions of a few swollen buds nothing else (which is very good).
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The Hepatica japonica are starting
Very nice japonicas, Simon!
Today, Simon reminded me posting some of my Hepaticas. ;)
Here we go ...
Hepatica nobilis 'Jurakönigin'
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Hepatica nobilis ex. 45N (Gunhild Poulsen)
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Hepatica nobilis 'Skyrose' (Arthur Wiesmet)
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Shades of red. All are japonica-seedlings.
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Japonica seedlings, all from one batch. The first one is close to the motherplant.
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And finally some japonicas. First one is 'Kouten', the others are nameless - a shame ;)
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Carsten, thank you for posting pictures of your Hepaticas.
Wonderful colours! :)
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Carsten, thank you for posting pictures of your Hepaticas.
Wonderful colours! :)
I agree!
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Great Hepaticas Carsten! Your season seems to have a great start!
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Shades of red. All are japonica-seedlings.
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Carsten, your alpinehouse seems to be awesome.
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Carsten, your alpinehouse seems to be awesome.
I'am happy with it. And it's the only place in the garden without access for deer.
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I'am happy with it. And it's the only place in the garden without access for deer.
Good thing that you have your alpine house. :) Deer love eating Hepaticas here. Some years they ate the flowers in spring, but every year they ate the leaves in the autumn. During summer when there is a lot of other things to eat, they don't touch Hepaticas.
Before we had fence around the garden, deer were a big nuisance, but now my Hepaticas are fine.
There are white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) here, and though they are hunted, there are still too much of them, because hunters also feed them to keep the populations up. They also cause a lot of road accidents.
There are lynx, which can eat deer, but mostly it eats hares. In winter when there is snow, it is always exciting to see lynx tracks.
Wolves would eat deer, but there are not enough of them.
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Very nice japonicas, Simon!
Today, Simon reminded me posting some of my Hepaticas. ;)
Here we go ...
Thank you for posting these beauties Carsten :) I like them all with no discrimination!
Your little greenhouse full of blooming Hepaticas is a dream. We don't have deer in the city but one year I was surprised to find the foliage eaten by rabbits in early spring. Since then I have to put a mesh on top of the beds.
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Good thing that you have your alpine house. :) Deer love eating Hepaticas here. Some years they ate the flowers in spring, but every year they ate the leaves in the autumn. During summer when there is a lot of other things to eat, they don't touch Hepaticas.
Before we had fence around the garden, deer were a big nuisance, but now my Hepaticas are fine.
There are white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) here, and though they are hunted, there are still too much of them, because hunters also feed them to keep the populations up. They also cause a lot of road accidents.
There are lynx, which can eat deer, but mostly it eats hares. In winter when there is snow, it is always exciting to see lynx tracks.
Wolves would eat deer, but there are not enough of them.
Due to hunting restrictions, there is also deer overpopulation here in Oregon.
Here in Falls City [my home town] there is a couger which, to the best of my knowledge, has never harmed a person , pet , or livestock; and, which keeps the deer population somewhat in check. He has been seen walking past children or pets without turning his head.
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Nice to see all beautiful Hepaticas.
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Hammer!
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Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa ex Eco
Stream Strain
Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa or americana
Hepatica nobilis 'Selma'
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Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa ex Eco Stream
Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa or americana
Hepatica nobilis 'Selma'
Very nice, Herman!
It is 'Eco Strain'.
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Very nice, Herman!
It is 'Eco Strain'.
Yes indeed. Thank you Carsten.
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Herman, multipetal H.americana are my favourites. :)
Selma is nice because it is different than other H.nobilis.
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Very impressive display Carsten, as always :) Very nice Results from your own seeds!
We don't have deer problems here but a family of beavers who are quite busy landscaping, they love rosaceae trees
Also very nice obtusa Herman! I also like Selmas color a lot
Winter has returned and the temperatures have dropped so the flowers here have slowed down.
Thats why i brought some inside for a little flower bouquet :)
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Very impressive display Carsten, as always :) Very nice Results from your own seeds!
We don't have deer problems here but a family of beavers who are quite busy landscaping, they love rosaceae trees
Also very nice obtusa Herman! I also like Selmas color a lot
Winter has returned and the temperatures have dropped so the flowers here have slowed down.
Thats why i brought some inside for a little flower bouquet :)
Simon, very nice flower bouquet!
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Today Hepatica transsilvanica 'Winterfreude' enjoyed the sun.
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Some impressions of the Hepatica Show this weekend at Munich Botanical Garden. Talking so much to others, I forgot about taking photos ;-)
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Thank you for posting, Carsten
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What a great bouquet Simon! and
Herman - indeed Hepatica transsilvanica 'Winterfreude' seems to enjoys a lot the spring sun.
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Some impressions of the Hepatica Show this weekend at Munich Botanical Garden. Talking so much to others, I forgot about taking photos ;-)
Quality not quantity matters Carsten :) I can imagine how many other beauties were shown there.
The Japanese displays for Hepatica are always wonderful, it shows their passion for these plants.
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I too was in Munich with my wife, very beautiful plants.
I've limited myself to 2 pots, Selma and a dark purple nobilis seedling, certainly with japonica blood. Met a lot of Hepatica friends, unfortunately not Simon.
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Und noch mehr
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und noch
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Very interesting show in Munich Botanical Garden. Next year I surely must come to that place for a few days (730 km). To see the beautiful flowers and to meet some forum friends
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Afterwards we were allowed to visit a specialist, very friendly and generous!!!
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Hermann, on this way you have to pass me!!! And come in.....
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Last one above is now mine, Seedling from Prickel
Seedling with big Potencial
Purchases and Gifts
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Hermann, on this way you have to pass me!!! And come in.....
Arthur, thank you for your invitation. Is this show always around the same time?
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I too was in Munich with my wife, very beautiful plants.
I've limited myself to 2 pots, Selma and a dark purple nobilis seedling, certainly with japonica blood. Met a lot of Hepatica friends, unfortunately not Simon.
Arthur, limiting yourself to 2 pots, must have been very difficult!
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No, it's not that difficult,
I don't buy anything else, trade only a little and find a few things.
There is always something new developing in our garden.
I don't sow, rarely singulate and don't pot.
I know, it's really a shame.....
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"....Is this show always around the same time?.."
This is a special exhibition of the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation
in the Munich Botanical Garden.
Sebastian Urban is one of the contacts.
I think that this will be decided from year to year.
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"....Is this show always around the same time?.."
This is a special exhibition of the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation
in the Munich Botanical Garden.
Sebastian Urban is one of the contacts.
I think that this will be decided from year to year.
Thank you Arthur. I will check their website at the end of the year.
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Hepatica nobilis var. nobilis 'Bavarian Blue'
Hepatica nobilis var. nobilis 'Ohleila'
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They start slowly...
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They start slowly...
Arthur, beautiful display!
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Hepatica nobilis var. pyrenaica 'Alba'
Hepatica transsilvanica 'Loddon Blue'
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Hepatica transsilvanica 'Elison Spence' is also starting to flower.
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Hepatica nobilis f. crenatiloba 'Papillon' leaves resemble a butterfly. We'll see that later.
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Herman,
Hepatica nobilis f. crenatiloba 'Papillon' is beautiful. May I buy seed when it sets?
Marc
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Herman,
Hepatica nobilis f. crenatiloba 'Papillon' is beautiful. May I buy seed when it sets?
Marc
Marc, I also hope it will set good seeds. I 'll keep my paintbrush ready.
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Here a Beauty in flower.
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Very nice to see Hepatica flowers. Are they flowering later this year also over there, or am I just imagining?
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Very nice to see Hepatica flowers. Are they flowering later this year also over there, or am I just imagining?
Leena, they are indeed flowering later, at least a week. Reason: low temperatures in the day and too little sun.
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Every other day new seedlings open their flowers for the first time. Many are not very special and often even disappointing or are only the first step for the F2 generation. And sometimes you get a seedling that stands out. I spotted this one today.
A seedling of Hepatica japonica 'Yume no hana':
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Every other day new seedlings open their flowers for the first time. Many are not very special and often even disappointing or are only the first step for the F2 generation. And sometimes you get a seedling that stands out. I spotted this one today.
A seedling of Hepatica japonica 'Yume no hana':
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Magnificent!
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Every other day new seedlings open their flowers for the first time. Many are not very special and often even disappointing or are only the first step for the F2 generation. And sometimes you get a seedling that stands out. I spotted this one today.
A seedling of Hepatica japonica 'Yume no hana':
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Carsten, very impressive!
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Carsten, wonderful! Getting results like this makes up for all the disappointing results and all the crossing and growing worthwhile. :)
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Nice to see more and more Hepaticas in flower!
After snowmelt, we can also see the foliage of some Hepatica americana, japonica and transsilvanica. Plus, in a small pile of pots I still have, the first H. japonica flowers buds are showing color! A step forward to the spring.
Every other day new seedlings open their flowers for the first time. Many are not very special and often even disappointing or are only the first step for the F2 generation. And sometimes you get a seedling that stands out. I spotted this one today.
A seedling of Hepatica japonica 'Yume no hana':
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If you obtain one seedling like this from 1000 it is still worth the effort Carsten! The color and the velvety aspect, such a gorgeous little plant :)
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I try to limit myself pictorially - difficult.
I have almost only nobilis, a few trans. and more recently a few hybrids. A lot has been found, but something new is constantly being created in the garden. Almost no labels, that's just the way it is....
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Above, last one is Schwanensee
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And so on....
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I have almost only nobilis, a few trans. and more recently a few hybrids. A lot has been found, but something new is constantly being created in the garden. Almost no labels, that's just the way it is....
Really nice, different flower shapes and colours, and I liked especially the spotted one which had a nice shape, too.
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The First ist Bergkristall
second ist my Skyrose
third ist nobilis x maxima
changing colours
Skyline - Strain
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Pünktchen, out of Skyline
the filled one may be Typ Tschechien or one of mine two Findlings
rose - from Peters?
maxima - noblis, the same in blue is also here...
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Arthur, great Hepatica's! Thank you for showing them!
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Arthur, Very nice!
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Very nice different nobilis colours and shapes, Arthur!
Looking forward to see the next generation of seedlings, so stop weeding ;)
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Nice display everyone!
The event at the botanical Garden Munich was a sight to see :) even though i missed you Arthur
mellifera, i think the plant in your picture is not Yume no Hana but very beautiful still! I love that some flowers are semi and some fully double!
Here are some pictures of what is blooming right now or just finished
I think it is very interesting as well how the flowers look on the outside of the petals and when they are partly closed. An attractive outside provides a certain charm to the flowers
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And two more vases full of the flowers that i cut before the seeds set or before they fall apart
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"....even though i missed you Arthur..."
I am happy to have been missed!
But I was there!
Everyone is welcome to my Heps!
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Very nice, Simon. Is #5 a named cultivar?
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Carsten, it is a F2 japonica originally from Gunhild Poulsen but without a name
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Filled one, may be that is my own one, Samira
Bavarian Blue
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Bergkristall
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This year there is a lot of rain and little sunshine in the month of March. The flowering of the Hepatica is not as good as last year.
Hepatica henryi
Hepatica acutiloba
Hepatica nobilis Multipetala Group and seedlings
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Hepatica nobilis 'Rubra'
Hepatica nobilis var. pyrenaica
Hepatica transsilvanica 'Sternenglanz'
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Great!
In the center of Sternenglanz maybe a Seedling?
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Great!
In the center of Sternenglanz maybe a Seedling?
Arthur, I have never seen seeds on this Hepatica.
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Herman, your multipetala nobilis are very nice. :)
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Herman, your multipetala nobilis are very nice. :)
Leena, they give good seeds and the seedlings are the same.
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Hepatica nobilis f. crenatiloba 'Papillon' leaf.
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Herman[attachimg=1], your Picture Sternenglanz, you see the Seedling in the Center?!
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Herman (Attachment Link) , your Picture Sternenglanz, you see the Seedling in the Center?!
Arthur, you have sharp eyes. There are indeed seedlings in his area, but I think they come from Hepatica transsilvanica 'Schwanensee' which is half a meter away. This one does give a lot of seed. Ants do their job. Anyway, I'll keep an eye on the seedlings.
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Now I can sleep again...
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Hepatica nobilis plena (Gotland)
Hepatica nobilis var. pyrenaica x japonica
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Both are excellent plants, Herman!
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Both are excellent plants, Herman!
Thank you Carsten. They are indeed very good garden plants.
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Herman, really wonderful clumps of Hepaticas. :)
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Herman, really wonderful clumps of Hepaticas. :)
Thank you Leena, it's just a pity that it was so much rain in March. Next week it will be drier and more sunshine. :)
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very nice Hepatica plants Herman specially the blue flora plena
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Your large clumps never disappoint Herman! Nice to see so many beautiful Hepatica in flower.
Spring is slow to arrive here and mostly cloudy, not very inducing for flowering.
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Gabriela, not all Hepatica's are growing so well.
Hepatica 'Millstream Merlin' is increasing very slowly.
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Gabriela, not all Hepatica's are growing so well.
Hepatica 'Millstream Merlin' is increasing very slowly.
That's too bad, I've seen pictures with nice clumps of 'Millstream Merlin'; maybe try to move it in another spot?
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Hepatica season is almost starting here and due to a sudden raise in temperature more flowers will open.
H. japonica seem to always be the first, especially the one receiving more sun and H. transsilvanica.
H. japonica, no name done from seeds, planted in the ground.
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H. transsilvanica ex. 'Winterfreude' was flowering for a while. I don't get many flowers on my H. transsilvanica, don't know why.
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A first seedling of H. americana flowered today
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Gabriela, it is nice to see H.japonica doing well also in ground over there. Very nice dark one and nice multipeltal one.
Also here H.japonica is in bud, and the first native H.nobilis opened in a sunny slope.
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Thank you Leena. Yes, as far as I can tell all H. japonica planted in the ground are doing well for now.
The summer-like temperatures will hurry up the flowering on all Hepatica, and then the cold will return, as always....
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Poor flowering and slowly increasing Millstream Merlin and transivanica: give them more sun!
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Poor flowering and slowly increasing Millstream Merlin and transivanica: give them more sun!
Arthur, they have a lot of sun (when she shines) because the shrubs must still get their leaves.
I think here the reason is more the very dry summer previous year. There was also little sun in recent months, always dark weather and a lot of rain.
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Arthur, they have a lot of sun (when she shines) because the shrubs must still get their leaves.
I think here the reason is more the very dry summer previous year. There was also little sun in recent months, always dark weather and a lot of rain.
Herman,
Try suspending an LED grow-light over the bed. Cover any openings on the hood of the fixture with aluminum foil held on with clothespins, or with caulking.
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Last summer also left its mark here: They are smaller and have bloomed less.
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Hepatica started flowering now. As usual transsilvaniva is always the first. All others are still not out.
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Hepatica started flowering now. As usual transsilvaniva is always the first. All others are still not out.
Kris, beautiful transsilvanica s and good flowering!
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Really nice ones!
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Very nice, I like the last white one. What is it?
Kris, your Hepaticas are so floriferous! Mine are probably in too much shade.
This H.pubescens is really nice I think.
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Very nice, I like the last white one. What is it?
Kris, your Hepaticas are so floriferous! Mine are probably in too much shade.
This H.pubescens is really nice I think.
Leena That is a really nice Hepatica you have shown here
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Agree like the picotee edge.
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Thanks. :) I'm glad this one has survived well, only two others survived from winter 2021-22, but they don't flower this year. They nearly died, like many others.
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Hepatica season starts late here in Saskatoon. Mostly transsilvanica are blooming now. Most others are still developing buds.Few from the garden today
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I am so happy wit the trassilvanica blooms. They are easy and free flowering here. I think it is the cold weather that makes it bloom nicely.
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I have a few specie and cultivar seedlings of nobilis, acutiloba, americana, and transylvanica; from seed that was graciously given to me by Kris, and Carsten. If they survive the gophers and the weather I suspect I'll see blooms in 2-3 years. Again, Thanks to both of you!
The weather here is very strange. Until yesterday temperatures were in the mid to low 30s F
(-1 to 3 C) at night, and in the 50s F (10-14 C) during the day. Today the temperature was 75 F (24 C) at 7:30 AM and 87F (31 C) at noon!
During the past week, we were getting rain, rain mixed with snow, snow. and high winds.
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Your H. pubescens is such a nice specimen Leena! Looking fwd to the seeds germination :)
I am so happy wit the trassilvanica blooms. They are easy and free flowering here. I think it is the cold weather that makes it bloom nicely.
Your plants look fantastic Kris!
I don't think the cold weather is the reason. The plants I obtained from your seeds are doing fine but not flowering at all this spring. Last year they produce few flowers at least. We had plenty of cold weather. It must be something about the location, so I plan to move them in another spot.
Other Hepaticas, especially the ones in the wild, are flowering with smaller flowers this spring due to the consistent drought over last years.
In the garden I watered so the difference it is not as visible.
Few plants from 2 weeks ago. The first 2 are H. japonica planted in the ground last fall (so they spent the season well cared in pots).
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Kris and Gabriela great Hepatica's!
Kris, I wonder how was your last summer? I think here, the dry summers are the reason for less flowers.
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Kris, your transsilvanica is amazing. Mine are in quite shady spot and they bloom much less.
Gabriela, it is nice to see that H.japonica have survived in the ground in your garden. It is much easier if they do, and at least for me they are difficult to overwinter in pots, because they tend to come up already in February/March in the cellar and I don't have a light cool place for them.
Multipetal nobilis looks also good, I like multipetal ones. :)
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Kris and Gabriela great Hepatica's!
Kris, I wonder how was your last summer? I think here, the dry summers are the reason for less flowers.
Herman: Hepatica flowering has certainly been affected by the previous drought years, but in the garden I watered a lot, especially certain locations, including the one with H. transsilvanica.
Another reason for non flowering might be that they are a bit too crowded by other plants (I speculate). As soon as the rains stopped I will move them, and will see next year the result.
Leena - is for the same reason I am planting all the potted Hepaticas all in the ground.
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Rainy days, time to arrange pictures. Few and probably the last Hepatica americana flowers from the woods, captured in a rare sunny & warm enough day for the flowers to open. I only had my cell so not very artistic images.
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Thank you Leena,Herman and Gabriel for your kind comments.
Herman we had a normal rainfall last year. When there is no rain the garden gets watered every week.
Gabriela I fertilise my hepaticas too. Either with slow release or with high enough phosphorus and potassium. I also find the fertileser makes difference in flower count.
Gabriela your native hepaticas are really breathtaking. Thanks to you for the wonderful seeds. Some of them are starting to develop buds now.
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Two more Hepaticas .
Hepatica millstream merlin lost one precious flower thanks to birds. I am baffled by the fact that why they always ruin the most precious ones.
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Kris, your transsilvanica is amazing. Mine are in quite shady spot and they bloom much less.
Gabriela, it is nice to see that H.japonica have survived in the ground in your garden. It is much easier if they do, and at least for me they are difficult to overwinter in pots, because they tend to come up already in February/March in the cellar and I don't have a light cool place for them.
Multipetal nobilis looks also good, I like multipetal ones. :)
Leena,
Generic LED growlights are very inexpensive and work almost as well as the expensive Brand name lights. If you suspend them 13-18 cm (6-8 inches) above your plants they should emulate filtered sunlight.
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Gabriella and Kriss,
Beautiful Blooms!
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Lots of nice things!!!!
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The Hepatica season is late here but most of them have started forming buds.
The Hepatica nobilis "Bergfexing" seeds I got from a kind gardener from SRG have made all sorts of different flowers. They are robust and produce lots of flowers. Some are maiden and some are double with anthers and some are single. Right now 2 of them are flowering which are single but different colours. They are 2 year old seedlings but the flowers are larger in size.Others are just in bud.
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here is Hepatica multipetala "Walter" -thanks Gabriela
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Kris, always a lot of beautiful flowers! You have a great Hepatica season.
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Wonderful blooms!
Kris, your pinkish transsilvanica is really nice.
Gabriela, I especially like the second two tones americana. I'm glad your rain stopped so you could go to the forest. :)
Here April has been very dry, only one day of rain (13mm), but last night and all day today it has rained (25mm so far), so I had to be inside. The result: Hepatica pictures. :)
Hepatica season was short this year, mid April was too warm so everything started and went by fast. In more shady places there are still flowers though.
These pictures were mostly taken around April 20th.
Hepatica nobilis. Bicolour and multipetal ones are from around here, and I got the purple one from a friend who has found it also here. Second purple one is a self sown seedling, I think it is nobilis, but how can you tell nobilis and japonica apart?
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More H.nobilis.
The third is very dark blue, and fourth very light blue. The light blue one was grown from Dryad seeds with double genes, but it is nice by itself, too.
Last picture is a maiden H.nobilis found here.
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First picture is pink H.nobilis with Corydalis caucasica 'Borodino'
H.nobilis 'Selma'
Blue and fading pink H.nobilis
Bicolour H.nobilis
Ex 'Bavarian Blue'
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Hepatica americana, these are a bit later here, and some are still in bud.
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Hepatica acutiloba, these are so elegant flowers, and someone not knowing could maybe confuse them to Anemone nemorosa which also have long stems (but of course different kind leaves)
Third picture is H.nobilis white one.
Fourth is H.x schlyteri and the last picture H.nobilis fl pl from Denmark.
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H.japonica
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H.japonica 'Shirayuki'. It is such a good plant so I took many pictures of it. :)
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Final pictures.
First H.transsilvanica two pics and then H.japonica and H.nobilis in backlight.
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Leena,
Beautiful blooms and such diversity! I look forward to when mine are blooming size.
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Very nice plants shown from everyone!
Leena, your 'Shirayuki' is excellent.
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Leena, beautiful Hepatica's! Thanks for showing, here the hepatica season is over. I see you don't remove the old leaves or am I wrong.
Your japonica's are doing well in your garden!
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Fantastic plants Leena specially the japonicas. They are not hardy in our climate
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here is Hepatica multipetala "Walter" -thanks Gabriela
I am very happy this H. nobilis is doing well in your garden Kris! I only have 3 other plants.
Should sow more seeds and see if it retains the character.
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Leena - wonderful Hepatica selections!
It seems there was a good spring for Hepatica flowers, even if a bit too short. How nice it would be for them to remain in flower longer!!!
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Thank you all. :) Hepaticas add so much to the spring beds.
Kris, H.japonica is also here a borderline plant, and if a very bad winter happens, they may not survive, and indeed I have lost several in winter 2021-22, but let's hope the next ones are not so bad, and I try to learn from them and build even better growing places for them.
I see you don't remove the old leaves or am I wrong.
:-[ Yes, I haven't removed them. :-[ Earlier in the spring I thought they would protect the buds in cold nights, and then there were so many things to do, I didn't get around to removing them, and now new leaves are growing.
It seems there was a good spring for Hepatica flowers, even if a bit too short. How nice it would be for them to remain in flower longer!!!
Thanks Gabriela. By planting them in different spots in the garden I have tried to lengthen the flowering time so that when the ones in full sun are over, the ones in more shade are still flowering, but as it is always also trying to find the right spot for them, it is not always possible.
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Monday I had a woodland walk with visiting Philip MacDougall; we were in Hants to see the endangered native Hepatica (americana). Spring has been long and cool and remains so but Hants is in the interior where they've had enough warmth to have the saucer magnolias explode into flower the past weekend. Thankfully the Hepatica colonies were at peak AND in tick territory so they're likely safe. There's not much variation in this spot, mainly pale blue which fades to near white and the rare white here and there. Needless to say, upon exiting their territory one has imagined ticks on you for 12 hours. Philip had a new camera so I am likely posting too many pix, I'll try for 2 posts.
johnw
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Post 2 from Hants, Nova Scotia. The imagined itches return...
johnw
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Really wonderful pictures of Hepatica in the wild. Thank you!
I like the pale powdery blue, it is a colour not found in our native H.nobilis.
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John, thanks for showing! It is lovely to see Hepaticas in the wild .
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Worth the tick searches afterwards to see such delights, John!
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John - it looks like a very nice place with lots of Hepatica!
I understand it has become an endangered species out there? Meaning that it is localized?
You are right about the ticks, the populations are increasing also in ON, including in new areas. After every hike, a very rigorous control it is necessary.
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I planted H.japonica 'Tenjinbai' in 2019 and it has struggled to survive, but now it is flowering for the first time. I hope it will get stronger from now on.
Second picture is of my favourite H.americana plant. :) H.americana has always flowered the latest here for some reason.
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Leena
'Tenijinbai' is extraordinary' The pale Lavender fringe is very unusual.
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Nature is acting strange here. Hepatica americana is already starting to flower.