Hepatica Blooming in Ontario Canada

[Loripep]

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

[Loripep]

And one more...

Lori

[Lori S.]

Very nice, Lori (hey, that's my name too!). They've just started blooming in my yard.  You certainly have a good variety!

[Alan_b]

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 .  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 .  They are not a wild flower of Great Britain or Ireland so we are deprived of their beauty out in the countryside.     

[Maggi Young]

Hi Loripep - long time no see! Good to see your hepatica enthusiasm is bearing fruit- or should that be flower? 

[Loripep]

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