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Title: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Michael J Campbell on January 02, 2017, 02:15:06 PM
Hepatica green typical.

Hepatica japonica kosino maboroshi. What a difference a day makes.
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Post by: Michael J Campbell on January 02, 2017, 02:16:50 PM
Hepatia americana lavender blue.

Hepatica japonica shokouden.

Hepatica japonica Sakuragari
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Maggi Young on January 02, 2017, 02:48:58 PM
An early treat indeed, Michael!
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Post by: Gabriela on January 03, 2017, 01:09:25 AM
Beauties all of them!
Interesting to see H. americana adapted to flowering so early. In our region, in the best of years with early springs, it will only start to flower beginning of March (quite rare though).

Here is the state of Hepaticas after a recent melting of the snow: H. americana taken in the woods and H. acutiloba in the garden.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Lesley Cox on January 04, 2017, 07:23:03 AM
So pleased I gathered what seed I could from my few hepaticas this last spring as long drying winds over the last couple of weeks have dessicated the plants and I think some may may not come away again. Even though they're the commoner kinds as almost all in NZ are, I still love them and would hate to lose them altogether.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: YT on January 10, 2017, 02:07:06 PM
Lovely early flowers, Michael :) By the way, why did you create this hepatica thread here instead of the Hepatica board ???
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Maggi Young on January 10, 2017, 02:11:59 PM
OOps! I didn't notice where the thread was - I think YT is correct - good idea for me to move it to the Hepatica board.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: YT on January 10, 2017, 02:26:40 PM
Thank you for your good administration as usual, Maggi :-*
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Michael J Campbell on January 10, 2017, 04:22:28 PM
Hepatica nobilis rubra plena.
Hepatica japonica deep pink.
Hepatica jap. akafuku.
Hepatica Nobilis/Japonica onidaiko.
Hepatica jap. Memai
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Michael J Campbell on January 10, 2017, 04:24:56 PM
Hepatica jap. purple Nidan-zaki nr 2.
Hepatica japonica Tosen.
Hepatica jap. seikai.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Cfred72 on January 10, 2017, 07:43:00 PM
Michael. You have a beautiful collection of beauties. Do you dare to grow them in the garden or only in pots?
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gabriela on January 10, 2017, 08:13:11 PM
Great colour therapy :) Please post some more.
Fred - Michael also wrote an article for IRG on Hepatica - don't remember the nr.; for sure Maggi will provide the link, or you can look at the index.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Maggi Young on January 10, 2017, 08:45:23 PM
IRG 80  of August 2016
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2016Aug251472126130IRG_August_80.pdf (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2016Aug251472126130IRG_August_80.pdf)


IRG Index : http://www.srgc.net/filessub/journals/IRG-Index.pdf
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Paul Cumbleton on January 10, 2017, 09:59:48 PM
Several years ago when I worked at Wisley I decided just for fun to try planting some Hepatica in the north-facing tufa walls outside the Landscape House. Not exactly the kind of situation you would expect them to grow in. To my surprise they grew, flowered regularly and are still there today. So if you are looking for an unusual choice for planting in a shady block of tufa it may be worth giving them a go.

Paul

Hepatica growing in tufa:
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Carsten on January 11, 2017, 09:43:05 PM
While my garden is covered by heavy snow I´am watching some Hepatica pics from 2016. Can´t  await the season starting ...


Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Carsten on January 11, 2017, 09:45:56 PM
...  and some more ...
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Post by: Carsten on January 11, 2017, 09:53:49 PM
different Forest hybrids ...
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: fleurbleue on January 13, 2017, 02:01:38 PM
Toutes plus jolies les unes que les autres  :D
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Post by: Gabriela on January 13, 2017, 08:17:04 PM
Yes, all so very pretty :)
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Post by: Leena on January 15, 2017, 09:32:58 AM
So lovely colours and lot of variation! Thank you for posting the pictures, they cheer up in the middle of snow. :)
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Carsten on January 15, 2017, 06:25:33 PM
Thank you for your friendly reply.

Flowers coming up slowly in my frostfree greenhouse. So I post some further pics of 2016 ...

These are 4 out of ten random Hepatica nob. var. japonica from Paul Christian purchased in 2015. He mentioned that these seedlings were sorted out from an japanese breeder who was just selecting the doubles. In fact I was quite happy with this degraded material  ;). The other plants are also quite nice and may develope in coming seasons.

Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Carsten on January 15, 2017, 06:43:13 PM
These are two of my favorits. The 'Shinku' is fertile by the way and I`am very excited to see the crossings in coming years.


Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Michael J Campbell on January 17, 2017, 09:36:35 PM
Hepatica jap. yellow.
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Post by: angie on January 17, 2017, 10:07:37 PM
Who wouldn't love these beautiful hepaticas, thanks for sharing .

Angie  :)
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: David Nicholson on January 18, 2017, 09:21:25 AM
Beautiful yellow Michael. Hope you haven't given up altogether with the Lewisias?
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Michael J Campbell on January 18, 2017, 10:08:52 AM
David, had to reduce my gardening activities for health reasons, not good at the moment, unfortunately the Lewisias were the first to go. Will also have to cut down on my Hepatica collection  as 600 is too much for me to manage now. I am trying to keep a few of all the genera I have rather than large collections of some. Photography is about all I can manage for the past two months with nothing at all done in the garden. I had some help last spring but it vanished without any explanation at the end of May and has not appeared since.  ??? Hopefully I will recover somewhat when the Spring comes.  :P

Cheers.   
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Maggi Young on January 18, 2017, 01:16:02 PM
Hope you know, Michael , that all of us here wish you much better health in the coming years. 
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: angie on January 18, 2017, 10:24:28 PM
Hope you know, Michael , that all of us here wish you much better health in the coming years.

Michael I too hope you will be feeling better soon. I do enjoy seeing all your lovely flowers on the forum. Spring isn't far away so be positive.

Angie  :)
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: David Nicholson on January 19, 2017, 01:25:33 PM
Hey Michael, sorry not to have replied earlier but have been 'under the weather' meself of late. You look after yourself and keep plugging away when you can we need all your skill and experience.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Michael J Campbell on January 19, 2017, 01:40:20 PM
 :) :) :)
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: YT on January 19, 2017, 01:55:34 PM
Hoping your quick recovery from Japan, Michael ;)

A 3 year-old seedling of H. japonica f. magna opened its first flower yesterday.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Cfred72 on January 19, 2017, 02:20:01 PM
Best wishes for your health, Michael.
Tatsuo, beautiful little flower  :)
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Carsten on January 19, 2017, 07:26:34 PM
All the best for you Michael!
Tatsuo, your seedling has a very good shape und lovely colour! Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gabriela on January 19, 2017, 11:32:07 PM
Kind wishes for good health Michael!
Too bad I don't live closer so I can help with the collection :'(

Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Michael J Campbell on January 21, 2017, 10:09:40 AM
Hepatica japonica dark purple.
Hepatica nobilis dark blue with blue anthers.
Hepatica Japonica Kuukai.
Hepatica Japonica Asahizuru.
Hepatica transilvanica lilacina

Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Maggi Young on January 21, 2017, 12:02:49 PM
"Hepatica japonica dark purple" wow, it certainly is.  Like a wonderful plum jam.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: fleurbleue on January 21, 2017, 01:27:10 PM
I love all of them Michael, but the dark violet is for me the most desirable one  :D
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Post by: Leena on January 21, 2017, 01:36:11 PM
Really amazing Hepaticas! :)
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Post by: Gabriela on January 21, 2017, 02:25:44 PM
If I could pick just one favourite, then the soft Lilacina would be mine :)
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: annew on January 21, 2017, 05:24:59 PM
Michael, - I wish you a swift recovery. You face a difficult choice if you are cutting back on your hepaticas - the deep purple and yellow must surely be 'keepers'!
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Michael J Campbell on January 22, 2017, 07:03:04 PM
Anne, I will still be keeping a  collection but will have to part with  those extra to requirements. I keep dividing them and finished up with 600 more that  could comfortably handle. I have reduced that now but still have to dispose of another  300 to give myself breathing space. :) :) :)     
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: YT on January 30, 2017, 08:18:14 AM
A seedling of H. japonica f. magna, from my friend.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: annew on January 30, 2017, 06:41:19 PM
Anne, I will still be keeping a  collection but will have part with  those extra to requirements. I keep dividing them and finished up with 600 more that  could comfortably handle. I have reduced that now but still have to dispose of another  300 to give myself breathing space. :) :) :)   
Goodness, Michael - That is a lot of hepaticas!
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: annew on January 30, 2017, 06:41:54 PM
Tatsuo - beautiful colour combination on that flower.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: YT on February 03, 2017, 08:50:36 AM
Hepatica japonica f. magna ‘Shunkō’
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: YT on February 06, 2017, 12:11:25 PM
3-year-old seedlings of H. japonica f. magna opened their first flowers.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: fleurbleue on February 06, 2017, 02:50:38 PM
Nice ones  ;)
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Post by: annew on February 06, 2017, 08:36:31 PM
3-year-old seedlings of H. japonica f. magna opened their first flowers.
Wow! Well done Tatsuo - your own crosses?
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: YT on February 08, 2017, 02:15:48 PM
Wow! Well done Tatsuo - your own crosses?
Thanks, Anne. A friend of mine gave me some his hand pollinated seeds 3 years ago.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Michael J Campbell on February 08, 2017, 03:15:15 PM
Hepatica nobilis FL.PL. White.
Hepatica Japonica Asahizuru.
Hepatica noblis var. pyrenaica snowstorm

Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Carsten on February 11, 2017, 05:32:12 PM
Four unnamed japonica flowers ...

Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: YT on February 14, 2017, 01:27:22 PM
A seedling of H. japonica f. magna :)
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Carsten on February 15, 2017, 03:46:53 PM
Two yellow forms of japonica
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Post by: Carsten on February 15, 2017, 03:53:55 PM
Two seedlings of 'Hohobeni' 22 month after sowing. The first one is very close to the mother, the second one almost pure white.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Carsten on February 15, 2017, 03:55:59 PM
Hepatica japonica 'Yumeno hana'
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Cfred72 on February 15, 2017, 05:19:48 PM
The Hepatica are really a world I do not know well. However, by dint of seeing these little treasures in photos that you cultivate, it ends up giving desire to cultivate them in turn.  ;D
I have just one that blooms blue in a flower bed of the garden, near the Cardiocrinum.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: YT on February 16, 2017, 05:37:20 AM
Two seedlings of 'Hohobeni' 22 month after sowing. The first one is very close to the mother, the second one almost pure white.
Well done, carstens :) 'Hohobeni' is selected from Hepatica nobilis var. pubescens.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Carsten on February 16, 2017, 01:08:25 PM
Thank you, Tatsuo  :)
I had better written the entire name to make this point clear, as Hepatica nobilis var. pubescens is tetraploid, which is important to know for crossbreeding.

Are you attending the Tokyo show Feb 26th/27th? I guess there is a number of forumists very happy about some pics  ;)
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gabriela on February 17, 2017, 12:24:44 AM
Are you attending the Tokyo show Feb 26th/27th? I guess there is a number of formumists very happy about some pics  ;)

 There will be a few heart broken forumists if he doesn't :-X :-[
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Philip Walker on February 22, 2017, 01:00:04 PM
A plain H. nobiis
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Michael J Campbell on February 22, 2017, 03:47:59 PM
Hepatica Yamatutai x nobilis.
Hepatica maxima x nobilis.
Hepatica maxima x pubescens
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Post by: WimB on February 23, 2017, 08:39:29 PM
Hepatica maxima x pubescens

That one is really stunning, Michael!
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Post by: WimB on February 23, 2017, 08:40:38 PM
A few Hepatica japonica in flower here today and Hepatica euroasiatica 'Prof. Friedrich Hildebrand'
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Cfred72 on February 24, 2017, 04:25:35 AM
A few Hepatica japonica in flower here ...

I like very much the term used: "a few" ...  :D
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: WimB on February 24, 2017, 06:40:56 PM
I like very much the term used: "a few" ...  :D

 :)
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: WimB on February 24, 2017, 06:41:35 PM
5 new ones I selected today from the seedlings.
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Post by: Gabriela on February 24, 2017, 08:52:54 PM
All beautiful Wim, the variability in H. japonica is incredible!
Too bad it's a bit too fussy for our climate.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: WimB on February 24, 2017, 09:00:13 PM
All beautiful Wim, the variability in H. japonica is incredible!
Too bad it's a bit too fussy for our climate.

Yeah, same here, that's why I keep them in pots, indoors in winter.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Maggi Young on February 25, 2017, 07:38:53 PM
Hepatica event at Kalmthout Arboretum - on 11th and 12th March  March : http://www.arboretumkalmthout.be/ (http://www.arboretumkalmthout.be/)


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http://www.arboretumkalmthout.be/kalender.masterdetail.html/p_detail_url/nl/dvt/arboretum/kalender/hepatica.period_1.html (http://www.arboretumkalmthout.be/kalender.masterdetail.html/p_detail_url/nl/dvt/arboretum/kalender/hepatica.period_1.html)

Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Philip Walker on March 09, 2017, 02:07:43 PM
Hepatica nobilis ex 'Cremar'
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Cfred72 on March 09, 2017, 04:47:56 PM
Hepatica event at Kalmthout Arboretum - on 11th and 12th March  March : http://www.arboretumkalmthout.be/ (http://www.arboretumkalmthout.be/)


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http://www.arboretumkalmthout.be/kalender.masterdetail.html/p_detail_url/nl/dvt/arboretum/kalender/hepatica.period_1.html (http://www.arboretumkalmthout.be/kalender.masterdetail.html/p_detail_url/nl/dvt/arboretum/kalender/hepatica.period_1.html)


Small report (in French) in relation to this event. This is the program "JARDINS ET LOISIRS" broadcast on 05 March 2017 on the RTBF in Belgium
https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_exposition-d-hepatiques-a-l-arboretum-de-kalmthout?id=2190873 (https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_exposition-d-hepatiques-a-l-arboretum-de-kalmthout?id=2190873)
 
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: WimB on March 10, 2017, 07:58:03 AM
Hepatica nobilis 'Perrine's Pink' (a selection from Thierry Delabroye)
and a regular Hepatica nobilis showing it's flower power
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: YT on March 10, 2017, 03:04:22 PM
H. japonica f. magna ‘Izayoi’
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Maggi Young on March 10, 2017, 05:52:20 PM
Some photos from Ian the Christie Kind  of Hepatica  he has flowering now .....
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Maggi Young on March 10, 2017, 05:53:53 PM
Some more of Ian Christie's Hepatica . starting with this  very green one!  (Sorry, I haven't any names for any of them)

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Post by: Bart on March 10, 2017, 06:06:59 PM
Oh dear I can feel a new addiction budding  :)
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Post by: angie on March 11, 2017, 09:53:20 AM
Some photos from Ian the Christie Kind  of Hepatica  he has flowering now .....

Maggi , Ian's white hepatica is so pretty  8)

Angie  :)
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Luc Gilgemyn on March 11, 2017, 10:18:48 AM
Some of mine that flowered over the last few weeks.

- unnamed Hepatica japonica
- Hepatica jap. 'Hakurin'
- Hepatica nobilis 'Cobalt' (camera can't catch the true dark blue alas)
- Hepatica pyrenaica x japonica close up and the plant
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Luc Gilgemyn on March 11, 2017, 10:22:50 AM

And some more... all unnamed Hep. japonica seedlings.
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Post by: David Nicholson on March 11, 2017, 10:25:12 AM
WOW Luc, beautiful. You should get out more and see the cycling :P ;D
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Post by: Maggi Young on March 11, 2017, 01:14:20 PM
I'm impressed by the amount of flowers you show in those clumps, Luc - bursting with health!

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Post by: WimB on March 16, 2017, 06:45:51 PM
One of the seedlings of Hepatica japonica I selected this year...actually my favourite of the year....

and some hardy forms in flower:

Hepatica nobilis 'Edith'
Hepatica nobilis 'Perrine's Pink'
Hepatica nobilis var. insularis
and Hepatica transsilvanica 'Blue Eyes'
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: WimB on March 16, 2017, 06:46:50 PM
And two more:

Hepatica x euroasiatica 'Prof. Friedrich Hildebrand'
and Hepatica x media 'Millstream Merlin'.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gunilla on March 16, 2017, 07:18:54 PM
Hepatica flowering in the garden today. 

1. Hepatica transsilvanica 'Schwanensee'.
2. Blue and white H. transsilvanica.
3. Hepatica nobilis seedling .
4. Hepatica nobilis, a little shy  ;)
5. Hepatica transsilvanica, not at all shy.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Leena on March 17, 2017, 08:09:09 AM
Beautiful Hepaticas! Especially the pink transsylvanica and Hepatica nobilis 'Perrine's Pink'.  :)
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Cfred72 on March 17, 2017, 08:14:49 AM
In my garden, I only have these. They are less attractive than yours.  ::) :D

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Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Leena on March 17, 2017, 08:26:42 AM
Fred, perhaps yours are just still young  :). Most of mine are, but I'm hoping they will become bigger in time, and I have fallen in love with Hepaticas in last few years.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: WimB on March 17, 2017, 12:36:32 PM
In my garden, I only have these. They are less attractive than yours.  ::) :D

Fred, perhaps yours are just still young  :). Most of mine are, but I'm hoping they will become bigger in time, and I have fallen in love with Hepaticas in last few years.

It takes a couple of years indeed for them to clump up and start to selfseed...you'll see!
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Irm on March 17, 2017, 12:52:48 PM
It's to cold and to wet in Berlin for Hepatica japonica  :-\ but I will try to plant some in potts sooooooon  :D

H. nobilis flore plena white and blue and
H. nobilis 'Ohleila'
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gabriela on March 17, 2017, 11:54:33 PM
Beautiful Hepaticas from all :)
I am envious for the H. transsilvanica cultivars; it is one that does well here (in the ground) but no one offers them :'(
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: YT on March 20, 2017, 09:02:48 AM
H. japonica f. magna, a seedling
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: fermi de Sousa on March 21, 2017, 05:14:53 AM
H. japonica f. magna, a seedling
Wow, it looks so much like a Japanese plum-blossom in a painting!
Very nice,
cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: shelagh on March 21, 2017, 04:14:28 PM
It hasn't been a bad year for our Hepaticas except that they have all come together.  We are very lucky to have Kimihiko as a friend and quite a few of ours without a name have come from him as a couple of leaves packed in damp moss.  Here is the season to date.

The first one is a lovely double but a very untidy habit. The third one is another of Kimi's with a wonderful habit and masses of flower.

    Hepatica double
    Hepatica double close-up
    Hepatica from Kimihiko
    Hepatica nobilis
    Hepatica Millstrea Merlin 2
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: shelagh on March 21, 2017, 04:16:32 PM
The rest are named varieties, all Hep. japonica.


    Hepatica gyousei
    Hepatica HoHo Beni 2
    Hepatica japonica Blue Sandan
    Hepatica japonica Ryougetsu
    Hepatica Toki
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: shelagh on March 21, 2017, 04:18:35 PM
This last one H. j. Takumi is a very pale blue and this is the first year it has flowered really well.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Carsten on March 21, 2017, 05:26:16 PM
Hepatica nob. var nob. 'Rote Glut' with three pics to illustrate the ageing of the flower.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Carsten on March 21, 2017, 05:39:58 PM
Hepaticas in the garden are in full bloom now. The japonicas grow well on a raised bed over deep drainage of pumice beside a single nobilis and 'Rosea Plena'.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Carsten on March 21, 2017, 05:50:19 PM
In the greenhouse the season peak is over. One of the last to start flowering is Hepatica nob. var. acuta 'Louise Köhler', a real beauty. The third one is a Forest White.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Carsten on March 21, 2017, 06:00:25 PM
One of the second year pyrenaica seedlings looks very different. I suppose some pollen of henryi was involved.
For me it´s a very satisfying outcome.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Herman Mylemans on March 21, 2017, 07:00:10 PM
A double Hepatica nobilis
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Post by: shelagh on March 21, 2017, 09:13:46 PM
Wow Herman that's a beauty.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: ruweiss on March 21, 2017, 09:25:43 PM
Hepatica falconeri:
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gabriela on March 23, 2017, 01:18:30 AM
More gorgeous Hepaticas!

Wow Herman that's a beauty.

Simply fantastic!!!

Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gabriela on March 23, 2017, 01:20:40 AM
Carstens - you have so many Hepaticas! Are running a nursery? :)

By H. nobilis var. acuta do you mean H. acutiloba please?
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Herman Mylemans on March 23, 2017, 08:15:44 AM
Carstens - you have so many Hepaticas! Are running a nursery? :)

By H. nobilis var. acuta do you mean H. acutiloba please?
Gabriela
Hepatica nobilis var. acuta  is indeed acutiloba and Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa is americana
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Carsten on March 23, 2017, 10:06:41 AM
Gabriela
Hepatica nobilis var. acuta  is indeed acutiloba and Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa is americana
Gabriela, as Herman wrote, this should be the right name for now. On my labels it´s still acutiloba and americana ...
I don´t run a nursery but half of the greenhouse is dedicated to Hepaticas and the seedlings - and they require more space each year  ;)

Herman: Your nobilis plena is outstanding!
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gabriela on March 23, 2017, 05:59:12 PM
Thank you Herman and Carstens - I am following close the work done on Hepatica nomenclature; not that is something soon to be clarified  ;D
At this time there are still disagreements although all last molecular studies show them as separate species. I was just curious to know because following this line of thought H. japonica should be called H. nobilis var. japonica.

Anyway, it doesn't really matter; in NA everyone calls them americana and acutiloba. If we would be to follow Flora of NA the names are Anemone americana and A. acutiloba, even more unacceptable :-X
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Cephalotus on March 26, 2017, 10:03:52 PM
Snowdrops are basically over, so I had to find a new addiction - Hepatica. My first find:
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Leena on March 27, 2017, 08:13:20 AM
Why might it be that there are so many plants with different forms in Poland?
Over here I have never seen double Hepatica in the wild, only different colour forms.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Cephalotus on March 27, 2017, 12:22:09 PM
Why might it be that there are so many plants with different forms in Poland?
Over here I have never seen double Hepatica in the wild, only different colour forms.
Leena,
that particular plant was found in Czech Republic, not in Poland, although I found a photo of a H. nobilis flore pleno from Poland several years ago.
(http://www.malogoszcz.isn.pl/12_przylaszczki.jpg) http://www.malogoszcz.isn.pl/przyroda.htm (http://www.malogoszcz.isn.pl/przyroda.htm)
I tried to contact the person who did that discovery and photo, but the e-mail was not working and the person moved to another city, so I had no means of contacting that person. I went there several years ago, but I found nothing interesting. One day I would like to go there again, who knows, maybe I will be more lucky than.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Leena on March 27, 2017, 07:09:36 PM
That blue one is also so pretty!! :)
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Cephalotus on March 28, 2017, 11:06:06 PM
I have one plant that has pointed tips. Does such petals shape count as something interesting?
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Herman Mylemans on March 29, 2017, 05:15:35 PM
Hepatica transsilvanica 'Ellison Spence'
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: kris on March 29, 2017, 05:55:16 PM
Quote
I have one plant that has pointed tips. Does such petals shape count as something interesting?
It is lovely.looks very different from my H.nobilis which has rounded edge.They are still under snow here!!
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gunilla on March 31, 2017, 06:01:15 PM
1. Hepatica x schlyteri has long lasting flowers and the old leaves are still in good condition.
2-3. Two plants from one seed batch. They both have large leaves that stay green all winter unlike most H. nobilis.
4. A pink nobilis, also with old leaves in good condition.
5. H. nobilis plena blue Czech Form - this plant too have large leaves that stay green past flowering time.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gunilla on March 31, 2017, 06:13:17 PM
and some more
1. Blue seedling with coloured anthers.
2. Dark red seedling with red anthers.
3. A pink pyrenaica
4. H. 'Blue Jewel'
5. Blue and white seedling
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gunilla on March 31, 2017, 06:18:07 PM
and a few  H. transsilvanica
1. H. transsilvanica 'Pfauenauge'
2. H. transsilvanica 'Hohenstein'
3. A dark blue seedling
4. H. transsilvanica
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: ashley on March 31, 2017, 09:39:48 PM
Beautiful plants Gunilla 8)
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gabriela on April 01, 2017, 12:45:48 AM
I don't even know how to call them anymore; beautiful is not enough :)
The 'pink clover' has super interesting foliage!
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Leena on April 01, 2017, 08:33:35 AM
I am speechless, they are all so lovely.
The picture with blue double with yellow Helloborus in the background is great, and also the blue seedling with  coloured anthers, I have never seen one like it.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gunilla on April 01, 2017, 03:10:59 PM
Thank you for your kind words! This is the best time of the year.  New hepatica buds open every day.  Most of my plants are open pollinated and you never know what will appear in the seed pots or in the garden.

Three years ago I sowed seed from a plant with nice, big flowers of a good dark pink colour and ordinary green leaves.  All seedlings except one look like the mother but one plant is tiny and very different with dark red flowers and marbled leaves.
 
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Cephalotus on April 02, 2017, 07:15:10 AM
Great set! H. nobilis 'blue' is just crazy blue. Is that colour durable during the flowering? I like the H. nobilis 'pricle' it fascinates me, it is such an interesting form.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gunilla on April 02, 2017, 02:38:51 PM
Thanks Chris! The colour of "blue" is a kind of dark velvety blue that really stands out and it does not fade. Maybe it's a cross between H. japonica and nobilis. 

The next buds on that Prickel plant look more like they are supposed to look.

1-2. Hepatica nobilis 'Prickel'

3. Hepatica nobilis seedling
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Lesley Cox on April 02, 2017, 10:19:17 PM
And I like 'Prickel' with its exciting explosion of anthers. :)
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Cephalotus on April 02, 2017, 10:40:44 PM
That plant is just fascinating! I suspect it is very hard to get thought. :/
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gunilla on April 03, 2017, 07:12:03 AM
Prickel usually comes true from seed. If you want to try I can collect seed for you.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gunilla on April 04, 2017, 09:33:20 PM
The last ones to flower are double forms of H. nobilis.

1. Lilly
2. Walter Otto
3. Black Eye
4. White Eye
5. I don't know the name of this one
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Lesley Cox on April 04, 2017, 10:32:47 PM
Gunilla I'm not sure whether your seed message was for Cephalotus or for me but I'll take a chance anyway and ask you for some seed if you will have some to spare. We have only one or two ever available here and no chance of importing plants. I'll send you a message. Thanks
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: johnw on April 18, 2017, 10:57:15 PM
Nothing terribly exotic, Hepatica nobilis 'Rosea' ex the late & formidable Vera Peck, for many years the AGCBC's seed chair.

johnw
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: johnw on April 20, 2017, 01:48:06 PM
Hepatica maxima, a seedling Ken grew and which I spied for the first time. Lusty leaves.

john
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Herman Mylemans on April 20, 2017, 04:15:36 PM
Hepatica americana or Hepatica nobilis?
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Leena on April 20, 2017, 04:40:42 PM
Nothing terribly exotic, Hepatica nobilis 'Rosea'

How floriferous! :)
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: kris on April 28, 2017, 10:07:19 PM
The hepaticas start to flower now.
Just ordinary Hepatica transsylvanica
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gabriela on April 30, 2017, 01:46:10 PM
The hepaticas start to flower now.
Just ordinary Hepatica transsylvanica

There is nothing 'ordinary' about H. transsylvanica Kris :) The seeds are germinating - thanks a million times!
Hope one spring I'll go and take pictures when it flowers in the wild - absolutely a dream.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gabriela on April 30, 2017, 01:48:08 PM
Hepatica americana or Hepatica nobilis?

Herman, I will take more pictures with the leaves. Right now the new ones are growing and the old ones are not looking too good anymore.
Looking at your pictures - there are H. americana specimens with this sort of leaves.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Herman Mylemans on April 30, 2017, 04:28:00 PM
Herman, I will take more pictures with the leaves. Right now the new ones are growing and the old ones are not looking too good anymore.
Looking at your pictures - there are H. americana specimens with this sort of leaves.
Thank you Gabriela. Ten years ago I have planted in this part of the garden one Hepatica with the name americana and no Hepatica nobilis. Now there are are a lot of self sowing plants al with blue flowers. But I wasn't sure that the original plant really was americana. But if you think it is possible with that kind of leaves then I will use the name americana. Yesterday I found Hepatica falconeri on a plant market. 
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Leena on April 30, 2017, 06:34:14 PM
Now that I have H.americana seedlings, I was wondering if H.americana and H.nobilis hybridize? Perhaps I should plant them (later, for now they can grow in pots) not close to each other.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gabriela on April 30, 2017, 07:52:22 PM
Thank you Gabriela. Ten years ago I have planted in this part of the garden one Hepatica with the name americana and no Hepatica nobilis. Now there are are a lot of self sowing plants al with blue flowers. But I wasn't sure that the original plant really was americana. But if you think it is possible with that kind of leaves then I will use the name americana. Yesterday I found Hepatica falconeri on a plant market. 

H. falconeri is something one would never find on a plant market here! (you can barely find H. americana and acutiloba actually)

Here are few leaf images that resemble your americana. There is another type with more rounded lobes, and smaller leaves.
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Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gabriela on April 30, 2017, 07:54:21 PM
Now that I have H.americana seedlings, I was wondering if H.americana and H.nobilis hybridize? Perhaps I should plant them (later, for now they can grow in pots) not close to each other.

That is for sure Leena; but hybrids are often very interesting ;)
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Leena on May 06, 2017, 07:14:09 AM
That is for sure Leena; but hybrids are often very interesting ;)

 :) :)

Hepatica nobilis is still flowering here.
Blue, pink and also I have a small white one. :)
The only double I have is H.nobilis 'Rubra Plena', though to me it is more pink than red. Anyway, a lovely Hepatica, and I wish I had a similar one in blue (I don't know if it even exists).
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gabriela on May 06, 2017, 07:02:05 PM
All beautiful Leena :) Enjoy their flowering!
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Leena on May 07, 2017, 12:28:54 PM
Gabriela, I am enjoying them, especially the blue ones which I have most. :)
Last week opened H.japonica seedlings which I had sown 2014 and they have lived planted in the ground through two bad winters, so I'm very happy about that. The first flowers are very tiny.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Herman Mylemans on May 07, 2017, 01:35:34 PM
Hepatica nobilis var. pyrenaica x japonica (CB33) is still flowering (It started in March). Cyclamen repandum subsp. rhodense (CB35) is on the background.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Leena on May 08, 2017, 07:06:46 AM
Herman, that Hepatica has wonderful foliage!

This is H.nobilis 'Tamsa'.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: kris on May 08, 2017, 06:33:50 PM
Leena your Hepaticas are  very beautiful.
This year the super hot weather destroyed lots of Hepatica flowers. Some just skipped flowering completely.
Hepatica acutiloba started nicely but suffered because of the hot weather.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: kris on May 08, 2017, 06:56:00 PM
Hepatica nobilis pink
Hepatica nobilis purple
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Leena on May 09, 2017, 07:14:08 AM
Leena your Hepaticas are  very beautiful.

Thank you Kris, your H.acutiloba is also very beautiful!
My Hepaticas as mostly our native plants which I have moved from the edge of woods in our property to my woodland bed, where they become bigger clumps (hopefully) and wild rabbits don't eat the flowers so easily.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Herman Mylemans on May 09, 2017, 08:21:52 AM
Leena your Hepaticas are  very beautiful.
This year the super hot weather destroyed lots of Hepatica flowers. Some just skipped flowering completely.
Hepatica acutiloba started nicely but suffered because of the hot weather.
Kris, very nice big clump of acutiloba!
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: kris on May 09, 2017, 05:26:53 PM
Thanks Leena and Herman.
Last year the H.acutiloba was even bigger than now and flowered nicely
This year the hot weather intimidated the plant . I have another two pink H.acutiloba just skipped flowering . Happy at least they did not die.
Herman Your H.nobilis flora plena is out of the world.
It is impossible to get good Hepatica cultivars in North America.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Herman Mylemans on May 09, 2017, 06:22:50 PM
Are there any double Hepatica americana or acutiloba in the wild in America?
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gabriela on May 10, 2017, 02:28:17 AM
Kris,
your Hepaticas are looking very good, considering the weather!

Are there any double Hepatica americana or acutiloba in the wild in America?

I only found specimens of H. americana sort of semi-double until now, but who knows they may be hiding somewhere :) In any case, that's a big difference comparing with H.nobilis where doubling is more frequent.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Maggi Young on May 10, 2017, 02:01:19 PM
From Ashwood's Nursery -
Don't miss this years Hepatica seed crop & order without delay. They must be sown fresh for success.

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 https://www.ashwoodnurseries.com/shop/plants/speciality-seed.html?cat=172 (https://www.ashwoodnurseries.com/shop/plants/speciality-seed.html?cat=172)
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Herman Mylemans on May 11, 2017, 12:22:54 PM
Kris,
your Hepaticas are looking very good, considering the weather!

I only found specimens of H. americana sort of semi-double until now, but who knows they may be hiding somewhere :) In any case, that's a big difference comparing with H.nobilis where doubling is more frequent.
Gabriela, Hepatica americana is a varietal of nobilis (Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa) so I presume there must exist double forms.
From acutiloba, I have got this year from a friend a piece of Hepatica acutiloba 'Louise Koehler' (or 'Louise Köhler'), I don't know if there exist any other forms.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: annew on May 18, 2017, 07:36:38 PM
DRYAD NURSERY'S fresh seed list (hepatica and some galanthus) will be ready within the next 2 weeks. If you are not already on my email list, and would like to receive it, please contact me.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gabriela on November 05, 2017, 08:51:58 PM
I like Hepaticas for their foliage as much as for the flowers. Although rare, sometimes there are few flowers in late fall, the same time the foliage gets a marbled aspect.
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H. acutiloba foliage markings are always angular (cannot find a better word) in look, different than H. americana.
This particular specimen was named H. acutiloba 'Rabbit's foot'.
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H. americana
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Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Leena on November 07, 2017, 11:14:11 AM
Interesting difference in the leaves, thanks for posting it Gabriela.  :)
I have planted outside pots of Hepatica which germinated last spring.
Couple of days ago I saw a foot print of a deer just centimeters away of those tiny plants, I was relieved to see them still ok and then I protected them with twigs so that if deer walked there again, they would not walk over the seedlings.
Deer had been eating leaves of my other Hepaticas which they normally don't eat.

Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Herman Mylemans on November 07, 2017, 02:21:10 PM
I like Hepaticas for their foliage as much as for the flowers. Although rare, sometimes there are few flowers in late fall, the same time the foliage gets a marbled aspect.
H. acutiloba foliage markings are always angular (cannot find a better word) in look, different than H. americana.
Nice pictures Gabriela!
Here is Hepatica nobilis and Hepatica nobilis 'Rubra'
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Leena on November 07, 2017, 04:51:30 PM
What huge H.nobilis 'Rubra' clump! :)
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Herman Mylemans on November 07, 2017, 10:26:12 PM
What huge H.nobilis 'Rubra' clump! :)
Leena, ants do there work and all the seedlings are pink.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gabriela on November 08, 2017, 05:28:55 PM
What huge H.nobilis 'Rubra' clump! :)

Indeed, wonderful Herman, and the leaves have a nice wavy look.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gabriela on November 08, 2017, 05:36:10 PM
Interesting difference in the leaves, thanks for posting it Gabriela.  :)
I have planted outside pots of Hepatica which germinated last spring.
Couple of days ago I saw a foot print of a deer just centimeters away of those tiny plants, I was relieved to see them still ok and then I protected them with twigs so that if deer walked there again, they would not walk over the seedlings.
Deer had been eating leaves of my other Hepaticas which they normally don't eat.

In the woods I've never found any Hepatica with eaten leaves Leena, and there are deers around.
On the other hand,  this spring in the garden a rabbit clipped entirely two Hepaticas, which they are also not supposed to eat! Maybe the wild animals change their behaviour/diet when browsing outside their wild habitat.
In any case, I hope he went to rabbits hell ::)

About leaves again, I should mention that some Hepaticas get marbled and some not, even when they grow with the same exposure to the spring/late fall sun. Especially H. acutiloba not often gets couloured foliage.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Herman Mylemans on November 09, 2017, 09:15:18 AM
Leaves from Hepatica nobilis var. pyrenaica x japonica in our garden.

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Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Herman Mylemans on November 09, 2017, 09:30:30 AM
Hepatica nobilis 'Rubra' on a place where it gets more sun, so the autumn leaves are much more intense

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Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Leena on November 10, 2017, 02:54:43 PM
In the woods I've never found any Hepatica with eaten leaves Leena, and there are deers around.
On the other hand,  this spring in the garden a rabbit clipped entirely two Hepaticas, which they are also not supposed to eat! Maybe the wild animals change their behaviour/diet when browsing outside their wild habitat.

It could have been a rabbit, too, but I have seen deer hoof prints in the garden so it is either one. Perhaps plants taste better when they are grown in a garden bed and have more lush foliage than what they do in the wild.
Here H.nobilis loses it's leaves during winter anyway so I don't think it matters if they get eaten now, but they would have been nice now when there is so little else.
Here is a picture of H.nobilis with eaten leaves, only the stalks are left.
The other Hepatica they eat is H.transsylvanica, in the foreground.
I try to distract the animals by putting wild cherry twings (which smell bad) around plants they like to eat (or spruce branches in the winter), but I didn't think about Hepaticas until it was too late.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gabriela on November 11, 2017, 12:48:47 AM
It could have been a rabbit, too, but I have seen deer hoof prints in the garden so it is either one. Perhaps plants taste better when they are grown in a garden bed and have more lush foliage than what they do in the wild.
Here H.nobilis loses it's leaves during winter anyway so I don't think it matters if they get eaten now, but they would have been nice now when there is so little else.
Here is a picture of H.nobilis with eaten leaves, only the stalks are left.
The other Hepatica they eat is H.transsylvanica, in the foreground.
I try to distract the animals by putting wild cherry twings (which smell bad) around plants they like to eat (or spruce branches in the winter), but I didn't think about Hepaticas until it was too late.

Yes, the leaves grow back, it's just like you say, nice to have them when little else.
I sometimes lay spruce branches, or twigs from an old Chaenomeles on 'problem' areas; even over the seedlings pots.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gabriela on November 11, 2017, 01:01:03 AM
Since we are talking Hepatica foliage, I don't think I showed a form I found two years ago. It wasn't in good shape, luckily the leaf was marbled and attracted my attention. It has recovered well in a pot and this fall I planted it in the ground.
I hope it will bulk up a bit so I can share it with friends. I call it Hepatica 'Butterfly' just because I need to call it somehow.

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The flowers are not special, except the fact they have a longer than usual peduncle that gives them a drooping aspect, especially after rains. They also seem not to be fully functional reproductive. This I noticed  in other leaf forms of H. americana, some even have unisexuate flowers.

Hepatica 'Butterfly'
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Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Peppa on November 11, 2017, 04:38:17 AM
Since we are talking Hepatica foliage, I don't think I showed a form I found two years ago. It wasn't in good shape, luckily the leaf was marbled and attracted my attention. It has recovered well in a pot and this fall I planted it in the ground.
I hope it will bulk up a bit so I can share it with friends. I call it Hepatica 'Butterfly' just because I need to call it somehow.

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The flowers are not special, except the fact they have a longer than usual peduncle that gives them a drooping aspect, especially after rains. They also seem not to be fully functional reproductive. This I noticed  in other leaf forms of H. americana, some even have unisexuate flowers.

Hepatica 'Butterfly'
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That is interesting, Gabriela! I'm a big fan of interesting leaf forms and colors of Hepatica, too.

Here is one of my H. acutiloba: the new leaves come up very dark and then turn the normal green as the season goes.
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Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Herman Mylemans on November 11, 2017, 11:11:56 AM
Since we are talking Hepatica foliage, I don't think I showed a form I found two years ago. It wasn't in good shape, luckily the leaf was marbled and attracted my attention. It has recovered well in a pot and this fall I planted it in the ground.
I hope it will bulk up a bit so I can share it with friends. I call it Hepatica 'Butterfly' just because I need to call it somehow.
Hepatica 'Butterfly'

Gabriela, Butterfly is indeed a suitable name!
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Leena on November 11, 2017, 02:25:29 PM
Gabriela, your Butterfly is special!!  :) I also like Peppa's dark foliage.
Here are my H.japonica seedlings (sowm 2014), with some nice foliage markings, too. These have grown outside for the past two years so they are quite hardy, the biggest one even flowered last spring, but the flower was quite tiny compared to H.nobilis flowers.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: GordonT on November 11, 2017, 02:32:43 PM
Nice seedlings, Leena.... I have not had luck with Hepatica seed. One day I hope to have some success germinating Hepatica. They would be such  a welcome addition to our woodland garden.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gabriela on November 11, 2017, 05:04:31 PM
Thank you Peppa, Herman and Leena  :)

Peppa, very nice dark leaf! The one I showed has reddish/bronze foliage in the spring. It is also particular in forming the new leaves on the same time with the flowers, much earlier in the spring than others. The first image is taken on April 13, 2015, after a record cold winter in Ontario.

Since I am set on giving names, I call it H. acutiloba 'Rabbit's foot'  ;D You will see why.

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Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gabriela on November 11, 2017, 05:08:54 PM
Gabriela, your Butterfly is special!!  :) I also like Peppa's dark foliage.
Here are my H.japonica seedlings (sowm 2014), with some nice foliage markings, too. These have grown outside for the past two years so they are quite hardy, the biggest one even flowered last spring, but the flower was quite tiny compared to H.nobilis flowers.

Nice seedlings Leena! I hope they will do well for you. I am also trying to grow japonica from seeds; ready purchased plants perished after a bad winter.
Title: Re: Hepatica 2017
Post by: Gabriela on November 11, 2017, 05:11:57 PM
Nice seedlings, Leena.... I have not had luck with Hepatica seed. One day I hope to have some success germinating Hepatica. They would be such  a welcome addition to our woodland garden.

I will put together some seedlings pictures in the afternoon for you Gordon. There is no reason not to be able to germinate any Hepatica; even dry kept seeds (short term) will germinate in some proportion.

So, here they are as an encouragement, with the note that some seeds will germinate in the second spring even if they were sown fresh/ kept moist.
First pictures - a container where I threw all leftover seeds or the ones I considered not good enough to sell.
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More - all H. americana, I used them as trades for other plants
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Seeds from others - first H. transsilvanica from forumist Kris - thanks again.
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H. nobilis and japonica from another kind forumist. And there are more....
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I still have H. americana seeds (moist kept) - you are most welcome to try (pm please).
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