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Title: A Japanese nursery in Febuary
Post by: YT on February 13, 2015, 01:16:50 PM
I visited a nursery on 12th Feb. Perhaps someone interested in seeing the pictures. Adonis and Eranthis season are almost over and Hepatica season has just arrived. The nursery is going to exhibit their own breeding hepaticas to a hepatica show held in Tokyo next weekend.
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Post by: YT on February 13, 2015, 01:20:33 PM
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Title: Re: A Japanese nursery in Febuary
Post by: johnralphcarpenter on February 13, 2015, 01:25:20 PM
Wish I had a nursery like that near me!
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Post by: Maggi Young on February 13, 2015, 01:27:54 PM
Me too, Ralph!  My wallet feels empty just looking at the pictures!
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Post by: Tim Ingram on February 13, 2015, 02:08:52 PM
Great pictures! Gives food for thought on how we might develop the nursery (on a smaller scale ;)). We could do the same sort of thing with snowdrops and alpines with some more glasshouse cover. But we don't have quite the same artistic expression of displaying plants as in Japan - would be exciting to see more specialist nurseries like this in the UK.
Title: Re: A Japanese nursery in Febuary
Post by: YT on February 13, 2015, 02:25:22 PM
Thank you for the comments :)

All pictures above were taken in small shop area. They have larger backyard greenhouses in their site ;)
https://goo.gl/maps/xkf5b
Title: Re: A Japanese nursery in Febuary
Post by: ranunculus on February 13, 2015, 02:57:54 PM
How wonderful to see rare alpines being grown so beautifully in other countries, but how frustrating that we can't purchase them more easily.  Many thanks for such an interesting post.
Title: Re: A Japanese nursery in Febuary
Post by: kot on February 13, 2015, 03:33:24 PM
hello YT
I am interested in buying or replacement of plant seeds with your collection. Eranthis, Hepatica, Adonis, ranunculus, Calianthemum. Please let us know. Do you sell plants?
If so, please offer plants.
My email address
kot.kazimierz@wp.pl
Title: Re: A Japanese nursery in Febuary
Post by: pontus on February 13, 2015, 04:40:11 PM
I can add myself to the envious people!!

i am very jalous of such a range of excellent grown plants! I would have dug deep into my savings to go home with a few pots of such superb adonis specimens and eranthis. The eranthis can be tricky to get going from dormant tubers, but purchasing an established clump in a pot is probably the best bet in giving it a good start!!

my mouth (and eyes) are watering!!!

Pontus
Title: Re: A Japanese nursery in Febuary
Post by: Graeme on February 13, 2015, 05:27:29 PM
YT - excellent photos - love to see real nurseries - especially when that one looks so tidy and well laid out

what are they growing the plants in? - is it topped with local grit or is it kanuma? - It looks like the colour of kanuma, that's why I am asking

thanks 
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Post by: annew on February 13, 2015, 08:08:26 PM
 :o All those beautiful eranthis!! Shall we get a bus load of us together?? ;D
Title: Re: A Japanese nursery in Febuary
Post by: Cyril L on February 13, 2015, 09:19:02 PM
Thank you for showing these pictures of the nursery Tatsuo.  It is a joy to see so many well grown plants.  The Japanese frits are already in flower and looking so compact.  I assume these are F. japonica varieties.
Title: Re: A Japanese nursery in Febuary
Post by: fermi de Sousa on February 13, 2015, 09:38:43 PM
The nursery is going to exhibit their own breeding hepaticas to a hepatica show held in Tokyo next weekend.
Tatsuo-San,
What a wonderful nursery! Is this where you get so many of the beautiful bulbs you show us?
I hope you are able to show us some pics of their Show next weekend,
cheers
fermi
Title: Re: A Japanese nursery in Febuary
Post by: YT on February 14, 2015, 01:39:20 AM
Wish I had a nursery like that near me!
How about you move to beside the nursery, Ralph? ;D

Me too, Ralph!  My wallet feels empty just looking at the pictures!
The JPY is still low against the GBP NOW, Maggi ;)

Great pictures! Gives food for thought on how we might develop the nursery (on a smaller scale ;)). We could do the same sort of thing with snowdrops and alpines with some more glasshouse cover. But we don't have quite the same artistic expression of displaying plants as in Japan - would be exciting to see more specialist nurseries like this in the UK.
Tim, as you've already known that not the all Japanese alpine nurseries like as this. I think this nursery is an exception, so I want to visit there 200km away from my home.
Title: Re: A Japanese nursery in Febuary
Post by: Shadylanejewel on February 14, 2015, 03:24:27 AM
Thank you very much for sharing.

Such wonderful plant selection. Love the deep rich color of the last Hepatica (photo 06)  :o.
Title: Re: A Japanese nursery in Febuary
Post by: YT on February 14, 2015, 07:36:15 AM
How wonderful to see rare alpines being grown so beautifully in other countries, but how frustrating that we can't purchase them more easily.  Many thanks for such an interesting post.

Cliff, our poor English communication skills, strict pyto-certificate and a very limited number of quarantine stations in our countiry are maim problems, I think. Almost alpine plants/bulb nurseries in Japan are small family-running ones, so they don't have enough time to spend export bussiness. Of course they've already known the value of Japanese native plants for oversea customers.

I am interested in buying or replacement of plant seeds with your collection. Eranthis, Hepatica, Adonis, ranunculus, Calianthemum. Please let us know. Do you sell plants?

Kot, I can easily understand your craving for the plants but I don't sell any seeds and plants, so sorry. I'm not a nurseryman and now I only have eranthis you listed above. I give and/or exchange my surplus seeds to my friends ;)
Title: Re: A Japanese nursery in Febuary
Post by: Yann on February 14, 2015, 07:57:09 AM
Kot you can take your chance on Rakuten
http://item.rakuten.co.jp/engei2/38533/ (http://item.rakuten.co.jp/engei2/38533/)

some nurseries accept to export bareroots.

Last year i used the service of a forwarder that included your order among other european nurseries wholesale orders,
the goal is to reduce the phyto cites at almost zero.
Title: Re: A Japanese nursery in Febuary
Post by: YT on February 14, 2015, 12:07:38 PM
The eranthis can be tricky to get going from dormant tubers, but purchasing an established clump in a pot is probably the best bet in giving it a good start!!
Perhaps the tubers get damage in transport by air cargo. The cago is pressurized same as passenger cabin but air conditioning. By the way, your web-shop is excellent, Pontus :D

what are they growing the plants in? - is it topped with local grit or is it kanuma? - It looks like the colour of kanuma, that's why I am asking

Graeme, there are no top dressing. Yes, it's Kanuma, Akadama and Pumice blend.

:o All those beautiful eranthis!! Shall we get a bus load of us together?? ;D

I'm waiting your arrival, Anne ;D
Title: Re: A Japanese nursery in Febuary
Post by: YT on February 14, 2015, 12:29:41 PM
Thank you for showing these pictures of the nursery Tatsuo.  It is a joy to see so many well grown plants.  The Japanese frits are already in flower and looking so compact.  I assume these are F. japonica varieties.

The left side is F. ayakoana and in the middle and right side is F. japonica var. japonica (you've already had it, Cyril?) ;)

Is this where you get so many of the beautiful bulbs you show us?
I hope you are able to show us some pics of their Show next weekend,

Yes, Fermi. Several plants came from the nursery. White eranthis, native frits, epimediums, some petticoat daffs...

Love the deep rich color of the last Hepatica (photo 06)  :o.

I like it best, too, Julie :) It's white anthers make good contrast against deep red petals.
Title: Re: A Japanese nursery in Febuary
Post by: Graeme on February 14, 2015, 12:37:29 PM
Graeme, there are no top dressing. Yes, it's Kanuma, Akadama and Pumice blend.
never thought of putting my hepaticas in kanuma but will try try some of them now - I used to have a lot of satsuki azaleas so I am used to kanuma and the akadama for the maples - you just have to remember to repot reasonably regularly or its like dealing with a lump of concrete 
Title: Re: A Japanese nursery in Febuary
Post by: YT on February 14, 2015, 01:51:02 PM
never thought of putting my hepaticas in kanuma but will try try some of them now - I used to have a lot of satsuki azaleas so I am used to kanuma and the akadama for the maples - you just have to remember to repot reasonably regularly or its like dealing with a lump of concrete

If you grow hepaticas well with humes rich soil in pots, you don't need to use the kanuma mix. The kanuma mix is for warmer climate area to privent root rot.
Title: Re: A Japanese nursery in Febuary
Post by: fleurbleue on February 14, 2015, 02:55:07 PM
Glad to be allowed to see all these nice plants in your pics Tatsuo  :D
Title: Re: A Japanese nursery in Febuary
Post by: angie on February 14, 2015, 06:43:48 PM
Glad to be allowed to see all these nice plants in your pics Tatsuo  :D

Same here.
I just watched a video of a Japanese koi show. I think I would be in my element seeing nurseries like what you have just shown and also visiting some koi breeders. Just need to win the lottery first.

Angie  :)
Title: Re: A Japanese nursery in Febuary
Post by: Cyril L on February 15, 2015, 09:43:45 PM
The left side is F. ayakoana and in the middle and right side is F. japonica var. japonica (you've already had it, Cyril?) ;)

Tatsuo, F. ayakoana has lovely rounded flowers.  If only it was available here!  But then the price would be out of reach.  Is it really 32400 ¥ Yen (= £177) as shown on the label? :o

There is a single robust growing leaf on your F. japonica var. japonica.  I hope it grows well this season and flower next year.
Title: Re: A Japanese nursery in Febuary
Post by: YT on February 16, 2015, 09:43:18 AM
Thanks Nicole and Angie ;)

Tatsuo, F. ayakoana has lovely rounded flowers.  If only it was available here!  But then the price would be out of reach.  Is it really 32400 ¥ Yen (= £177) as shown on the label? :o
There is a single robust growing leaf on your F. japonica var. japonica.  I hope it grows well this season and flower next year.

Sounds great your plant is growing well, Cyril. Yes, the albino flowered F. ayakoana is a real tiny living gem 8) I couldn't take that small pot in my hand :-\ if I dropped it...
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