Hepatica 2012

[YT]

So you feed regularly YT?
These ingredients can be bought in UK from Bonsai nurseries.

Yes, regular feeding with liquid organic fertiliser is necessary such inorganic soils, but during the growing seasons only. And you mind that my growing media is prepared for my place. I don't think this is the best soil mix for hepaticas, but the best for growing hepaticas at my place.

[ronm]

 " Doumo arigatou gozaimasu "

[kalle-k.dk]

Beautiful Hapaticas Chris especially 'Kazan'

Tatsuo your growing media is prepared for your place and I am sure it is best soil mix for your hepaticas, we found always the best soil for us self, unfortunately first after we have killed a lot of plants I don't think your mix will be the best growing media for mine hepaticas I think they will dry out to quick for me.

[chris]

I use a variant of this mix: 1 part Akadama, 1 part Kanuma, 1 part Kyriou and 1 part leaf mould, my pots are plunged in a sandbed and I use 9-9.5-19 fertilizer also just in the growing season, from march until june and from september until end november.

here some doubles:

[Shadylanejewel]

  Wow Chris - All of your doubles are gorgeous, but I think I'm in love with 'Harisenbon'

[fleurbleue]

Very nice double forms Chris 

[Peppa]

I use a variant of this mix: 1 part Akadama, 1 part Kanuma, 1 part Kyriou and 1 part leaf mould, my pots are plunged in a sandbed and I use 9-9.5-19 fertilizer also just in the growing season, from march until june and from september until end november.

here some doubles:

Beautiful flowers, Chris!   Your mix must be very expensive since you live far away from Japan... When I started to grow some Japanese alpine plants, I was trying to get these components in the US where I live now, but since they are very hard to obtain, I have been using what's available around here... Still trying to figure out what is the best, though...

[chasw]

Wow,what fantastic flowers Chris

And Peppa,have you tried a local Bonsai specialist for some of the components we are lucky to have this company nearby,have put the link but have no connection with them at all

http://www.bonsai-uk.co.uk/index.php

[angie]

Chris your double white is just perfection   .

Angie 

[Peppa]

And Peppa,have you tried a local Bonsai specialist for some of the components we are lucky to have this company nearby,have put the link but have no connection with them at all
http://www.bonsai-uk.co.uk/index.php

Thanks for the input, Chas! I might have to check and see how much these media cost at our local Bonsai places...

[kalle-k.dk]

This year there have been 9 blue filled forms in my Hepatica nobilis cross. There have also been a few good cross in my Hepatica japonica.

[fredg]

Hepatica nobilis is flowering heavily this year.
It's been in that tub for years, it doesn't seem to mind.
I just wish the colour would come out properly.

[Michael J Campbell]

Very nice Karl,especially the first one.

[WimB]

Very nice Karl,especially the first one.

Have to agree with Michael, Karl. I love how it is still very clear that the second layer are altered stamens

[annew]

That's my favourite also.