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Title: Hepatica 2016
Post by: Michael J Campbell on January 10, 2016, 02:33:32 PM
Hepatica japonica anjyu
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Post by: David Nicholson on January 10, 2016, 02:56:48 PM
You do grow them well Michael, I could with a Master class.
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Post by: Michael J Campbell on January 10, 2016, 03:04:24 PM
 :)
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Post by: Anne Repnow on January 10, 2016, 06:39:48 PM
Quite, quite beautiful!
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Post by: Gunilla on January 10, 2016, 08:47:15 PM
Hepatica japonica anjyu

Beautiful. What a lovely start of Hepatica 2016.

Here H. transsilvanica 'Blumenstadt Erfurt' started to flower before Christmas. It is still flowering but today covered with a thin layer of snow.
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Post by: Michael J Campbell on January 10, 2016, 10:32:17 PM
Hepatica  Japonica  Kosino maboroshi.     3pics
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Post by: Peppa on January 10, 2016, 11:39:08 PM
Hepatica  Japonica  Kosino maboroshi.     3pics

Beautiful! It's wonderful to see the progress of the flower opening.
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Post by: Gabriela on January 11, 2016, 12:10:33 AM
Hepatica  Japonica  Kosino maboroshi.     3pics

Beautiful, alluring.
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Post by: fleurbleue on January 11, 2016, 01:54:59 PM
Once again a jewel, Michael !
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Post by: Michael J Campbell on January 13, 2016, 05:33:40 PM
Hepatica japonica shikouden.
Hepatica  Japonica haruno awayuki.
Hepatica japonica   'Murasaki'
Hepatica transsilvanica
Hepatica americana lavender blue.
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Post by: Michael J Campbell on January 13, 2016, 05:35:40 PM
Hepatia japonica hokutosei.
Hepatica transsilvanica Mrs Elison Spence
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Post by: Maggi Young on January 13, 2016, 05:37:02 PM
Grand, Michael -wondering if you  got  my message  via pm the other day?
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Post by: Michael J Campbell on January 13, 2016, 05:58:26 PM
No Maggi,not in my message inbox.
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Post by: Maggi Young on January 13, 2016, 06:12:35 PM
No Maggi,not in my message inbox.

It's disappeared, Michael. I'll  send  a new one!
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Post by: Michael J Campbell on January 22, 2016, 10:03:43 AM
Hepatica japonica lavender.
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Post by: Gabriela on January 22, 2016, 05:27:03 PM
Hepatica japonica lavender.

To call it beautiful would be an understatement...
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Post by: Michael J Campbell on January 22, 2016, 10:34:16 PM
Sorry about the focus on some of the pics,had to take them in a hurry.

Hepatica japonica seikai.
Hepatica japonica pink with pink anthers.
Hepatica japonica kosino sakurigari.
Hepatica japonica kosino maboroshi.
Hepatica japonica azahizuru.
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Post by: Michael J Campbell on January 22, 2016, 10:56:40 PM
Hepatica japonica purple nidan saki.
Hepatica nobilis blue.
Hepatica transsilvanica lilacina.
Hepatica nobilis indigo strain
Hepatica japonica akafuku
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Post by: angie on January 22, 2016, 11:50:40 PM
Michael it gets better and better  :o amazing collection.
Angie  :)
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Post by: astragalus on January 24, 2016, 03:30:07 PM
Enjoying your fantastic collection.  Thanks for sharing.
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Post by: johnstephen29 on February 04, 2016, 10:26:03 PM
My first hepatica of the season is this white on, not sure which variety it is the label has got lost.



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Post by: YT on February 08, 2016, 12:01:13 PM
Here is a link to some hepatica shows in Japan ;)
http://kakuda.s55.xrea.com/photos.html (http://kakuda.s55.xrea.com/photos.html)
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Post by: Gabriela on February 08, 2016, 03:59:04 PM
Here is a link to some hepatica shows in Japan ;)
http://kakuda.s55.xrea.com/photos.html (http://kakuda.s55.xrea.com/photos.html)

Thank you! Now - plentiful Yukiwariso for the springtime dreams.  :-*
Title: Re: Hepatica 2016
Post by: shelagh on February 10, 2016, 11:57:26 AM
We usually put a few Hepaticas on the Show Bench but they are coming much too fast this year. Here are 2 Hepatica japonicas no names because they were gifts from our friend Kimihiko.

First is a wonderful deep pinky mauve (doesn't show up very well in the sun (( shhhh. forget I mentioned that word it's the first time we have seen it for weeks)) with a silvery edge to the petals.

Second a wonderful double.
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Post by: fleurbleue on February 11, 2016, 08:39:58 AM
 Thank you Tatsuo ;)  how can they get so much amazing flowers...  ? :D
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Post by: Gunilla on February 12, 2016, 02:15:13 PM
First flower on Hepatica transsilvanica 'Sternenglanz'.
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Post by: johngennard on February 12, 2016, 03:07:14 PM
Here are my first hepaticas for this year

Daisaihou
Yamatutai
japonica
Yamatutai
Title: Re: Hepatica 2016
Post by: Peppa on February 13, 2016, 05:14:30 AM
Some hepatica seedlings are flowering for the first time.
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Post by: Maggi Young on February 13, 2016, 11:59:25 AM
My word! So many  beautiful Hepoaticas - your seedlings are delightful Peppa - especially that dark red-wine  one. You must be very pleased with those.
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Post by: ashley on February 13, 2016, 01:40:35 PM
Wonderful seedlings Peppa, but like Maggi I think that last one really stands out :o
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Post by: Leena on February 13, 2016, 02:28:38 PM
Really wonderful Hepaticas everyone! :) That red seedling is spectacular.
Mine are mostly our native H.nobilis, but this Hepatica 'Blue Eyes' flowered very nicely last year. I don't know if it is H.transsilvanica or a hybrid. Picture is from April 19th last year.
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Post by: Gabriela on February 13, 2016, 04:19:20 PM
Just to say that I like them all -regardless of the colour and name  :)
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Post by: Peppa on February 13, 2016, 05:05:07 PM
Hepatica 'Blue Eyes' is pretty, Leena!

Thanks for your nice comments! I was very surprised and extremely happy to find the red one; most of these came from the seed that one of my very generous SRGC forumee friends kindly sent to me a while ago. At that time, I had just started to get into Hepatica and I very much appreciate the chance to grow these.
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Post by: Michael J Campbell on February 14, 2016, 01:52:20 PM
Hepatica japonica yellow.
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Post by: fleurbleue on February 14, 2016, 05:33:19 PM
I like this light yellow ;)

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Post by: Gabriela on February 14, 2016, 07:00:05 PM
A bit of change in colours is welcomed  :) nice contrast with the anthers.
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Post by: YT on February 16, 2016, 02:58:52 AM
A yellow NIDAN-ZAKI is on an internet auction in Japan.
The bottom price is JPY 700,000  :o
Unfortunately the seller isn't available for export.
http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e179215698 (http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e179215698)
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Post by: Roma on February 16, 2016, 02:19:52 PM
Michael's one looks much nicer.
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Post by: Cyril L on February 16, 2016, 02:32:22 PM
And I thought Galanthus was expensive ...... ;)

I was amused to read on Google translation, right at the top:

'Nervous person please refrain from'
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Post by: annew on February 16, 2016, 10:28:01 PM
 ;D ;D Very sound advice!
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Post by: YT on February 17, 2016, 01:27:03 AM
I was amused to read on Google translation, right at the top:
'Nervous person please refrain from'
That's a popular set phrase on web auctions in Japan.
But I don't think it works. You know mad people completely lack their insight ::)

;D ;D Very sound advice!
Why don't you put those words on the top of your website? ;D
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Post by: Michael J Campbell on February 17, 2016, 02:12:46 PM
Just to settle the nerves,I didn't pay anything for mine, it was a swap.
 
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Post by: ashley on February 17, 2016, 02:23:34 PM
Just to settle the nerves,I didn't pay anything for mine, it was a swap.

;D ;D ;D
It's a beauty Michael.  I thought you were seriously upping the anti ;)
Title: Re: Hepatica 2016
Post by: annew on February 17, 2016, 07:00:03 PM
That's a popular set phrase on web auctions in Japan.
But I don't think it works. You know mad people completely lack their insight ::)
Why don't you put those words on the top of your website? ;D
Good idea. What is the Japanese for it?
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Post by: YT on February 17, 2016, 11:33:46 PM
It's only a joke. Sorry, Anne.
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Post by: annew on February 18, 2016, 10:14:06 PM
 ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: annew on February 20, 2016, 07:54:14 PM
Two clones from a cross between H. transylvanica 'Lilacina' x pink japonica.
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Post by: Gabriela on February 20, 2016, 09:05:46 PM
They look very promising! Hope they'll be as vigurous as transsilvanica.
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Post by: Gunilla on February 21, 2016, 04:50:54 PM
Nice colour, Anne.  Will they spread by rhizomes or stay compact, I wonder?

New to me this year is H. transsilvanica 'Pfauenauge'. 
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Post by: annew on February 21, 2016, 06:30:46 PM
They are remaining compact. It would be easier to propagate if it were a spreader.  :-\
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Post by: YT on February 22, 2016, 01:10:03 AM
Two clones from a cross between H. transylvanica 'Lilacina' x pink japonica.
A lovely large flowed hybrid, Anne. I'm interested in its leaves. Both have tri-lobed leaves, but japonica is smooth edged and transsylvanica is crenate.

New to me this year is H. transsilvanica 'Pfauenauge'. 
A nice selection, Gunilla :)
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Post by: annew on February 24, 2016, 09:54:39 AM
I chose a marbled leaf form of japonica. Here is the leaf of clone 10. They are all quite similar.
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Post by: YT on February 24, 2016, 12:33:01 PM
I chose a marbled leaf form of japonica. Here is the leaf of clone 10. They are all quite similar.
Thank you, Anne. Very interesting breeding result!
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Post by: Melvyn Jope on February 27, 2016, 08:53:25 PM
Hepatica on display at RHS Wisley
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Post by: annew on March 04, 2016, 09:14:36 AM
Nice if they sent some up to Harlow Carr!
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Post by: johngennard on March 04, 2016, 05:13:34 PM
Here are a few of mine.For some reason they are late this year inspite of most things in the garden being four or five weeks early.

YAMATUTAI
YAMATUTAI CLOSE-UP
ACUTILOBA X PYRENAICA
JAPONICA HYB.
JAPONICA HYB.
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Post by: johngennard on March 04, 2016, 05:21:52 PM
CONT'D

All japonica
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Post by: Vincent on March 04, 2016, 07:34:20 PM
They look very happy. Yamatutai and the white japonica are my favourites, but they are all grown so well. A pleasure to look at!
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Post by: Luc Gilgemyn on March 04, 2016, 09:06:56 PM
I'm sure a lot of us were waiting for you to come out of the dark, John  ;D  You didn't disappoint us !
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Post by: KK-Ann Arbor on March 04, 2016, 10:20:54 PM
I was, too.  They are just beautiful!!

Koko
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Post by: Gabriela on March 04, 2016, 11:30:15 PM
After Tatsuo's Hepaticas from the Tokyo show I thought, this is 'as good as it gets' for Hepatica but I was wrong!
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Post by: fleurbleue on March 05, 2016, 02:21:18 PM
How old are your Hepatica John ? wonderful plants ;)
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Post by: johngennard on March 05, 2016, 05:15:43 PM
They vary from three to several years old.I rarely split them as I haven't been very successful in the past and have finished up losing the whole plant.
Any useful tips would be appreciated.
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Post by: Yann on March 05, 2016, 06:59:44 PM
Back to the forum after a crazy week: Hepatica are in bloom  :)
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Post by: Gabriela on March 05, 2016, 08:05:26 PM
All lovely Yann. I shouldn't pick favourites but I like most the second one with the pink anthers.
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Post by: Maggi Young on March 06, 2016, 03:40:15 PM
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I thought this image , from Nobuto Suzuki on Facebook, might be interesting and  informative.

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Post by: shelagh on March 07, 2016, 11:30:42 AM
My Japanese is improving all the time Maggi, thanks for that.
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Post by: Michael J Campbell on March 07, 2016, 08:42:53 PM
Hepatica japonica anjyu
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Post by: annew on March 08, 2016, 10:13:39 AM
Ah, a Sen-e  ;D
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Post by: fermi de Sousa on March 08, 2016, 12:38:08 PM
Ah, a Sen-e  ;D
And a B-U-T!
cheers
fermi
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Post by: Michael J Campbell on March 08, 2016, 08:09:12 PM
Hepatica yumatutai x nobilis.
Hepatica  japonica shihou.
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Post by: Gabriela on March 08, 2016, 08:21:24 PM
The foliage on yamatutai x nobilis is wow! :o
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Post by: Peppa on March 10, 2016, 06:53:57 AM
I love everything that everybody posted!

Here is an H. nobilis that I got from my friend, I really like the picotee edge.  And some nice H. japonica that I grew from seed that are flowering for the first time.
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Post by: annew on March 10, 2016, 11:53:44 AM
Congratulations on your seedlings, Peppa!
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Post by: Matt T on March 10, 2016, 07:48:44 PM
A lovely selection of seedlings. I'm tempted to try growing some more from seed when it becomes available.
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Post by: Gabriela on March 10, 2016, 09:37:35 PM
All beautiful Peppa!
Growing Hepatica from seeds is the way to go!
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Post by: Gunilla on March 11, 2016, 08:35:22 AM
They are all lovely, Peppa.   I wish I could grow H. japonica.  The variation is amazing.
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Post by: Yann on March 12, 2016, 07:18:16 PM
2 years babies are giving their first flower.
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Post by: annew on March 12, 2016, 07:23:12 PM
2 years babies are giving their first flower.
Success!
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Post by: Yann on March 12, 2016, 07:33:42 PM
It's easy from seeds.
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Post by: Maggi Young on March 12, 2016, 08:02:43 PM
Forumist Shelagh Smethurst and her husband Brian won the premier award, the Farrer Medal, at the AGS/SRGC Kendal Show today with this  Hepatica Gyousei  - Pic by Alan Gardner     8) 8)


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Post by: David Nicholson on March 12, 2016, 08:17:41 PM
Well done The Smeths.
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Post by: Gabriela on March 12, 2016, 11:23:54 PM
Breathtaking!
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Post by: Yann on March 13, 2016, 09:13:24 AM
whouah this one is a big baby!
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Post by: ichristie on March 13, 2016, 11:55:53 AM
Hello thanks all for the super pictures at last we have quite a few flowers today very bright sunshine now worried I will need to shade again will post a few no names for now, cheers Ian the Christie kind.
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Post by: ichristie on March 13, 2016, 11:58:06 AM
Next lot, forgot to say met Glen Shapiro at the show very special.
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Post by: Maggi Young on March 13, 2016, 12:01:38 PM
Nothing so  smart here - but at least the sun is out so we can enjoy them!
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Post by: Dave M on March 20, 2016, 08:46:34 PM
Fantastic day today at Plant Heritage Hepatica day 2016. Morning look around Glen Shapiro's (north Lancs AGS group member!) superb national collection of Hepatica before plant sales by Edrom nurseries and two thoroughly entertaining and wonderfully illustrated talks by John Massey of Ashwood nurseries. Cracking lunch and a lively Q&A session. Thoroughly spent up also!
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Post by: Dave M on March 20, 2016, 08:48:38 PM
A few more shots of today, can't resist!  :)

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Post by: Dave M on March 20, 2016, 08:50:22 PM
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Post by: Maggi Young on March 20, 2016, 08:57:42 PM
Super pix, Dave - I know Brian and Shelagh Smethurst enjoyed the day too.  Glenn Shapiro is also an SRGC member, of course -  a woman of taste, to be true!
 John Massey is  a fantastic speaker - not to mention a natural comedian - all ingredients for a great day.
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Post by: Gabriela on March 20, 2016, 09:16:15 PM
So many of them! I wish I'd been there...Thanks for showing.
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Post by: ichristie on March 21, 2016, 07:23:00 PM
Many thanks for posting all the super pictures ours are now nearly all flowering a few pictures from today,  cheers Ian the Christie kind
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Post by: ichristie on March 21, 2016, 07:24:28 PM
next few, Ian
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Post by: Dave M on March 21, 2016, 08:00:34 PM
Lovely plants Ian, some nice pots full of them. A few of mine out today in the spring sunshine.

H. 'Shi ko den'
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H. 'Isari bi'
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H. 'Orihime'
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H. 'Tenjinbai'
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Post by: annew on March 23, 2016, 07:23:32 PM
This is the plant I grow as Hepatica nobilis glabrata dwarf. My original plant came from AGS seed in 1986 (!) which had been donated by Severin Schlyter as Hepatica noblis glabrata dwarf. In all the last 30 years, it has never produced a seedling that wasn't identical to the parent, even when deliberately cross-pollinated. If Schlyter termed it a dwarf, I wonder if it is a small form of glabrata? Since I've never seen anyone else's, I don't know. Does anyone know how big a normal glabrata is? The second photo shows the glabrata (white) in front of a normal japonica to show scale.
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Post by: Maggi Young on March 23, 2016, 07:37:19 PM
Karl K. says    "Hepatica nobilis var. glabrata

There are several varieties of the European species. The variety; glabra, which has white flowers and light foliage and there is no hair. It is smaller and more slowly growing than the species."   http://www.kalle-k.dk/hepatica%20English.htm (http://www.kalle-k.dk/hepatica%20English.htm)   

and Gunhild Poulsen grows it too ,she may be able to comment.

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Post by: Roma on March 23, 2016, 08:55:14 PM
Hepatica nobilis
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Post by: Gerhard Raschun on March 24, 2016, 07:37:29 AM
Karl K. says    "Hepatica nobilis var. glabrata

There are several varieties of the European species. The variety; glabra, which has white flowers and light foliage and there is no hair. It is smaller and more slowly growing than the species."   http://www.kalle-k.dk/hepatica%20English.htm (http://www.kalle-k.dk/hepatica%20English.htm)   

and Gunhild Poulsen grows it too ,she may be able to comment.

Hepatica nobilis var. nobilis forma glabrata Fries ( Fries was a swedish botanist, 1794-1878 )

lat. glabratus means without hairs
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Post by: annew on March 24, 2016, 09:18:34 AM
Hepatica nobilis var. nobilis forma glabrata Fries ( Fries was a swedish botanist, 1794-1878 )

lat. glabratus means without hairs
But is it small, Gerhard?
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Post by: Diane Clement on March 24, 2016, 02:22:10 PM
But is it small, Gerhard? 

My H glabrata is small, Anne, similar in size to Ashwood's H nobilis Pygmy Group (they used to sell it as "Compact Strain").  I'm not at home at the moment but will take a picture next week.
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Post by: chris on March 25, 2016, 07:30:36 PM
H.nobilis semi double, new material from Tsech Republic found in the Sumava region by Lenka Holubcova,
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Post by: Maggi Young on March 25, 2016, 07:31:58 PM
How lovely, Chris -  Mrs Holubec has the same good eye as her husband!
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Post by: Gabriela on March 27, 2016, 02:45:51 PM
H.nobilis semi double, new material from Tsech Republic found in the Sumava region by Lenka Holubcova,

Wow! Maybe other special forms await to be discovered in the woods - this is so exciting!
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Post by: WimB on April 02, 2016, 08:45:18 PM
Some of the Hepatica japonica seedlings I selected to keep from those sown in the past years...
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Post by: WimB on April 02, 2016, 08:46:53 PM
Some more....
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Post by: WimB on April 02, 2016, 08:47:22 PM
And the last one, with an unwelcome visitor  >:(
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Post by: fleurbleue on April 02, 2016, 09:09:28 PM
Beautiful ones, Wim ;)
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Post by: Gabriela on April 02, 2016, 10:20:26 PM
All are highly attractive Wim - congrats!
Not having this huge range of colours is the only thing I reproach to the American hepaticas.
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Post by: kalle-k.dk on April 03, 2016, 07:33:11 PM
We have our Hepatica glabrata from a seed portion from Severin Schlyther.

Severin has spent Hepatica glabrata in some of his own crosses, we got a portion seed when it entered into. this plant is sterile. :(

Glabrata is not very large. I wonder if Hepatica prickel is a cross of glabrata because it resembles the little.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2016
Post by: Gabriela on May 01, 2016, 02:34:39 PM
Since Hepatica americana flowering is coming to an end I will show a few pictures taken over the past couple of weeks. First images show the common habitat they grow – maple-beech woods, in combination with Quercus, Carrya, Tilia…rarely pine and spruce, at least in NW Ontario. Usually on rocky, steep slopes. This gives a good hint about the cultivation needs; they need a lot of light during flowering; the trees leaf out precisely when the seeds start forming somewhere in mid May.
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Post by: Gabriela on May 01, 2016, 02:41:44 PM
The previous year foliage is still beautiful on some specimens. In the second image is a form with the smallest leaves I've ever seen.
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Post by: Gabriela on May 01, 2016, 02:51:33 PM
I won't show here my all thousand Hepatica pictures ;D but there is one, most interesting found this year - a H. americana 'diversiloba' type. I noticed the leaves in late fall-winter (best time to scout for good foliage) and the flowering was equally surprising - they are scented and unisexuate; very few with reduced anthers.

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Post by: Maggi Young on May 01, 2016, 03:45:00 PM
Their variety is lovely, Gabriela - and it's great to see the habitat.

H. americana - small leaf form- that is a very little fellow!
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Post by: Gabriela on May 03, 2016, 02:32:08 AM
Their variety is lovely, Gabriela - and it's great to see the habitat.
H. americana - small leaf form- that is a very little fellow!

It is very cute - granted there is space for improvement of the flower colour. I found young seedlings in the same area with the same small leaf, so the trait is transmitted through seeds, at least in some percentage.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2016
Post by: Carsten on December 31, 2016, 03:12:09 PM
Two early season H. nobilis double findlings.
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Post by: annew on January 02, 2017, 09:36:08 AM
Beautiful - great finds!
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