Hepatica 2008

[David Nicholson]

I know that Paul will have pictures of the Wisley Hepatica Display on a Log in the near future but for those who can't wait there are a few pictures on the thread 'A Visit to Wisley March 2008' on the General Pages.

[Paul Cumbleton]

Thanks David, it was good to meet you. I sent my Log up this morning and Fred usually manages to put it on the site for me within a day or so, so watch out for it - it has lots of Hepatica pictures from our event!

[johngennard]

For those who can't wait here are a few pics from the Hepatica Spectacular at Wisley today.In the absence of a tri-pod most were
taken with the aid of flash which I normally try to avoid.

[johngennard]

I'm going to bed now and will post the remainder tomorrow when you have got over the sickness.

[johngennard]

Here are the remainder of the pics.

[johngennard]

and finally

[Maggi Young]

A great series from John there... mouthwatering selection and I have just got back from work to find that the Wisley  Hepatica Special Log is online!    http://www.srgc.org.uk/wisley/2008/160308/log.html

 Wow!  If these plants can't make your heart beat faster, you're probably already dead 

[Peter Maguire]

Just wanted to thank Paul, Lucie and all the staff at Wisley for laying on a great display in the alpine house and a wonderful event on the Saturday. I'll post some of my 200 odd pictrues form the weekend when I get home (I'm currently meant to be 'working') and try not to duplicate Paul and John's photos.

It was a great weekend - my first visit to Wisley and I spent all Friday afternoon and Saturday there until the light failed, and rounded it off with a visit to the RHS orchid show on the Sunday (Chris Vermeire was also there). A weekend of sheer indulgence, and much better than repairing the fence in the garden that the recent storms flattened.

Peter

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Superb shots John !
Thanks very much for letting us taste of all the beauty we had to miss...

[chris]

I will thank the whole staff who worked for this fantastic day at Wisley, thank you John, also for showing the photo's mine where not so good, I normally always use a tripod, now most of the pictures are not sharp enouch, it was verry fine to talk with all the people there with the same intrests and the plants for sale from Ashwood and Edrom where beautiful,

Chris

[Paul T]

John,

Great series.  I particularly like the white and pink Wisley 001 you posted.  And the doubles of course.  So many Hepaticas I'd love to grow!!    Always the way when things aren't available, isn't it!?    Would love to have seen the display in person, but as it is a slight bit of travelling for me (how many thousand kms?  ) it is great to be able to enjoy a visit through your camera.

Thanks.

[Peter Maguire]

Since John and Paul have posted enough flower pictures for everyone to drool over, I thought I'd show some general pictures of the event so that if a similar event is organised in future (is there a hint here?), then you would know what to sign up for.

Firstly
1. Gunther Kleinhans finishing his lecture
2. Some of the participants in the alpine house discussing the display
3-5. There were also various displays inside the education centre
6. A couple of SRGC forumists deep in discusion (and I hope Chris and John forgive me for taking the sneaky picture)

The pictures are all hand held, so I apologise for the drop in quality. There are plenty more, but I'm sure no-one wants to see any more flowers...

Peter

[chris]

Peter, I was telling to John what compost I used and what's verry importent is that yuo have a good ventilation also in the pot.
here is my mix:
1 part leaf mould
1 part Akadama
1 part Kanuma
1 part Kyriou

[Paul T]

Chris,

Out of interest, what are Akadama, Kanuma and Kyriou?  They sound more like names of Pleione or Hepatica than something in the potting mix!! 

[Paul Cumbleton]

Hi Paul,
Hope Chris won't mind my answering your question, but these strange sounding names are what the japanese call a material that they use to grow their plants in. They are a coarse material and look a bit like  small white or yellowish coloured stones. I have been unable to discover exactly what they are composed of, but they are a naturally occuring material in japan, mined from the ground after removal of topsoil. The different names seem to refer to differing sizes of the material.