Hepatica 2020

[Herman Mylemans]

Herman, 'Maria Theresia' is the dark one at the top. 'Müssel' is left next to it and the white is just called 'Alba Plena' (from Edrom Nurseries 2016). I got the pink one as 'Yugo' but I can´t tell it apart from my 'Rubra Plena'. The others don't bear a name only numbers.
Leena, fingers crossed that there is no winter again after your sweeties started to grow

Carstens, I doubted between the one on the top and the left one under. I choose the left one because of the form looks more the same as on your first picture. Probably the first one was more open. Anyway it is a beautiful dark Hepatica, hopefully it  grows well.
Is the inside of 'Yugo' coming more open? In mine 'Rubra Plena' (from Gerben Tjeerdsma ) it is more flat. Maybe on that point, there is some difference.

[Carsten]

Dear Herman, this is the small bowl today. Hepaticas change their shape strongly while aging. So it is not too easy, to judge.

[Herman Mylemans]

Dear Herman, this is the small bowl today. Hepaticas change their shape strongly while aging. So it is not too easy, to judge.

On this point, 'Yugo' looks indeed the same as 'Rubra Plena'. The flowering time is the same. Then maybe the foliage will be different.
It is a good idea to put some flowers in a small bowl. You can see the evolution quiet well.

[Maggi Young]

Open Day at Glenn Shapiro's  National Collection of  Hepatica on 3rd  March 2020
 

 Hazelwood  Farm, Hollins  Lane , Silverdale,  Carforth LA 5  0UB

[Leena]

Here they would also flower as soon as possible in late March/early April when the temp. start rising; it depends how much direct sun they get.
There can be a difference of more than a week between plants with direct sun exposure and others on more shaded locations.
Hepatica acutiloba usually flowers about one week earlier than americana.

Thank you Gabriela. I was thinking that H.americana might be earlier, because I have also our own H.nobilis close to those seedlings, and H.nobilis buds are not so advanced yet. It may still be a matter of location, and H.americana was planted only last autumn, so I will see in a few years how they grow and flower.

Carsten, very informative to see pictures of the same flowers when they have opened fully! All so beautiful.

[kris]

Dear Herman, this is the small bowl today. Hepaticas change their shape strongly while aging. So it is not too easy, to judge.

I am amazed by the number of beautiful double Hepatica.
Right now I am in India with +32C temperature.
I have to wait till May to see them flowering in my garden.

[Maggi Young]

I am grateful to YT for this  photo from Chetsu Plants (their  photo the  plant  is  a  customers) of this,  the grand prize holder at the 25th National Hepatica Show, the Ueno Green Club in Tokyo, Japan


 Some  more  photos  from Chetsu of plants at  the  event .....

[Maggi Young]

Other  shots  of the  Hepatica  Show  in  Japan .....

[Herman Mylemans]

Very impressive! Maggi and YT, thanks for showing the pictures.

[angie]

Oh look at those sales tables 

Angie 

[annew]

I think I'm much safer in the UK. Those sales tables would be too tempting.
I had a couple of hours free this afternoon so spent it photographing my hepaticas. This is the debitage!

[Maggi Young]

I think I'm much safer in the UK. Those sales tables would be too tempting.
I had a couple of hours free this afternoon so spent it photographing my hepaticas. This is the debitage!

You could  be  right, Anne  - the  temptation of the  Japanese  sales tables  might  be  too much for  a  few  of  us!  Love your  display - just  don't  ask me to pick a  favourite! Too difficult!

[Tristan_He]

So beautiful... I love Hepaticas but unfortunately they don't like me much.  I think our soil is not calcareous enough for them to really thrive.

[YT]

Thank you for posting the pictures of the hepatica show, Maggi You are always a very good host (or hostess? thanks for political correctness... ) to this forum
Please allow me to add some more pictures from The 25th National Hepatica Show (2020), Tokyo, JAPAN 1/3

001: a newly seedling, unnamed, class Hyōjun-ka (single)
002: ‘Toyama Shigure’, Bronze, class Hyōjun-ka (single)
003: a newly seedling, unnamed, class Henka-ka (unclassified)
004: ‘Kōgō’, The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Award, class Sen'e-zaki (full double)
005: a newly seedling, unnamed, class Henka-ka (unclassified)

[YT]

Other pics of the show 　2/3

006: ‘Kōsui’, a newly seedling, Gold, class Henka-ka (unclassified)
007: unnamed, class Sen'e-zaki (full double)
008: ‘Murasaki Shikibu’, class Karako-zaki (anemone form)
009: unnamed, class Nichirin-zaki (small petal-like sterile stamens)
010: ‘Hisuizakura’, Gold, class Nidan-zaki (collerette like stamens)