Hepatica 2015

[Gabriela]

Hepatica acutiloba also has forms with good fall-winter foliage. This is an older image of a pink flower form just starting to intensify in colour.

[Maggi Young]

Great foliage - every one a gem, really.

[Rick R.]

I rarely see much variegation in wild hepatica foliage here in Minnesota.  This often shows up in fall, but I wouldn't call it variegation.  Pic take in mid April in zone 4.

[Gabriela]

I rarely see much variegation in wild hepatica foliage here in Minnesota.  This often shows up in fall, but I wouldn't call it variegation.  Pic take in mid April in zone 4.

Hepatica acutiloba with white flowers usually maintains a green, plain foliage here too - last week image:


Maybe there is some correlation between the colour of the flowers and leaf 'variegation'? Only in the pink form I saw these kind of foliage (old foliage)

[Leena]

I love the winter foliage of the American Hepaticas. Here I went to the woods to see if there were any difference in the foliage, but most of them were just green. I found one plant with very slight lighter spots in the green, but nothing special.

[Gabriela]

I love the winter foliage of the American Hepaticas. Here I went to the woods to see if there were any difference in the foliage, but most of them were just green. I found one plant with very slight lighter spots in the green, but nothing special.

Not all americanas  are getting marbled foliage; mostly the ones on sun exposed slopes. But probably depends on the individuals too. This year I collected seeds and kept them/sowed separate from various a bit more 'particular' clumps. Coincidence makes it that seeds from the marbled H. americana - photo foliage, have germinated without any cold period - first time I've seen this in Hepatica!

[Michael J Campbell]

Hepatica pubescens

[Maggi Young]

Hepatica pubescens

Is this beauty seed raised by you, Michael?

[Michael J Campbell]

No Maggi not mine,  I wish it were though.

[Michael J Campbell]

Hepatica japonica hokutosei

[ichristie]

Hello all thanks  for pictures our Hepaticas are keeping their heads down winter is here heavy snow and frost, cheers Ian the Christie kind

[Maggi Young]

Not all americanas  are getting marbled foliage; mostly the ones on sun exposed slopes. But probably depends on the individuals too. This year I collected seeds and kept them/sowed separate from various a bit more 'particular' clumps. Coincidence makes it that seeds from the marbled H. americana - photo foliage, have germinated without any cold period - first time I've seen this in Hepatica!

   Always something to puzzle us, with plants, isn't there?   No wonder they are so very interesting!

[chris]

here 2 raised from seed, they will be better when fully open

[Mark Griffiths]

very nice, are they H.japonica seedlings?

[chris]

it are H.japonica seedlings, the mother is a semi double one and the pollen came from a double with some pollen between the flower, I look if I can show the flowers