Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Specific Families and Genera => Hepatica => Topic started by: Loripep on April 29, 2013, 02:06:06 AM
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Hello everyone;
I went into the backyard today and little patches of colour caught my eye. Turns out the hepatica have started blooming and I was surprised at the different colours and flower forms I've collected over the years. Thought I'd share the images.
Lori
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And one more...
Lori
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Very nice, Lori (hey, that's my name too!). They've just started blooming in my yard. You certainly have a good variety!
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I posted a few pictures of the wild Hepatica of Ontario after a visit last year http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=8987.0 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=8987.0) . I had thought they were classified as a different species to nobilis but now I see that the Wikipedia entry indicates that is not settled http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatica (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatica) . They are not a wild flower of Great Britain or Ireland so we are deprived of their beauty out in the countryside.
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Hi Loripep - long time no see! Good to see your hepatica enthusiasm is bearing fruit- or should that be flower? ;)
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I'm wondering if the blue nobilis without stamens has semi-double genes. Loss of the stamens seems to have provided extra petals.
How could I use the genes from this plant to breed other semi-doubles? Any chance that two semi-double parents could produce a full double?
Lori