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Herman Mylemans

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Hepatica 2020
« on: January 09, 2020, 02:24:25 PM »
Hepatica nobilis, one month earlier as previous year!
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Re: Hepatica 2020
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2020, 04:04:50 PM »
That is so early! Here they flower at the end of April usually.
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Re: Hepatica 2020
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2020, 06:57:02 PM »
Mid May before I see hepatica blooms here. I'm so jealous of the weather in most of Europe.

Right now I'm kind of in mourning because my dog ate the seeds I had potted up in an unheated room at the back of the house.  Didn't think she would eat pots of dirt. I was wrong.

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Re: Hepatica 2020
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2020, 07:03:48 PM »
Did you have any organic fertiliser, such as bone meal, in it? The smell would be enough for a dog to eat it.
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Re: Hepatica 2020
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2020, 06:05:52 AM »
Try chilli powder or pepper powder!

Herman Mylemans: Love your nobilis.

My first foray into hepatica - hepatica abutiloa!

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Don't think it will survive in my hot and dry weather, but just want to try and complete some sort of journey!

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Re: Hepatica 2020
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2020, 06:11:45 PM »
Some flowers started to open in the cold greenhouse. These are all seedlings and first time bloomers.
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Re: Hepatica 2020
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2020, 06:19:21 PM »
The filled nobilis are among the earliest to start. These are all unnamed.
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Re: Hepatica 2020
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2020, 07:32:09 PM »
They are all so beautiful Carstens! A joy to watch the various forms/colors.

I brought indoors (cold garage) few pots from my petite collection and H. japonica plants are always the first trying to bloom. Maybe few flowers shortly :)
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Re: Hepatica 2020
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2020, 10:27:45 PM »
SRGC-20200209_140629 is superb! And the filled nobilis  :o
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Re: Hepatica 2020
« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2020, 07:46:56 AM »
Wonderful, Carsten.
14629 has very nice flowershape and I also like the first one with dark center, but the filled nobilis are my favourite ones.
It is interesting that they are earlier than normal nobilis.

Here this winter may be a challenge to H.japonicas. On the other hand it is quite mild and ground is not frozen deep and no snow, but when the weather is so warm (above freezing) they have flower buds well developed already now and there are bound to come some cold weather still. I keep my fingers crossed. :)
Leena from south of Finland

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Re: Hepatica 2020
« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2020, 08:23:21 AM »
SRGC-20200209_140629 is superb! And the filled nobilis  :o
Thank you Anne and Leena!
Sorry for the horrible 'name'. It is a seedling of Hepatica pubescens 'Hohobeni'.
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Re: Hepatica 2020
« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2020, 09:03:47 AM »
Carsten, beautiful Hepatica's! Here a lot of Hepatica's in the garden are waiting for a bit sunshine. The storm Chiara has passed, but luckily no damage.
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Re: Hepatica 2020
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2020, 07:10:19 PM »
Is anyone of the forumists visiting either the Ueno-Show in Tokyo Feb. 22th/23th or the Sanjo-Show near Niigata Feb 29th/March 1st?
IŽam going to visit each show on both days and would be happy to meet other Hepatica enthusiasts.
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Re: Hepatica 2020
« Reply #13 on: February 11, 2020, 12:59:45 AM »
Carstens, I will be going to the shows at both Ueno and Sanjo.  I am supposed to meet a friend from Germany.  Is it possible that you might be a member of this group?
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Re: Hepatica 2020
« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2020, 05:35:10 AM »
Dear Carstens and Koko,
please, please, please take your cameras/phones with plenty of charge so you can take loads of pics to post here!!!
cheers
fermi
(I can't grow hepatica here so rely on this forum to get my "fix"  ;D )
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