Hepatica 2017

[Carsten]

...  and some more ...

[Carsten]

different Forest hybrids ...

[fleurbleue]

Toutes plus jolies les unes que les autres 

[Gabriela]

Yes, all so very pretty

[Leena]

So lovely colours and lot of variation! Thank you for posting the pictures, they cheer up in the middle of snow.

[Carsten]

Thank you for your friendly reply.

Flowers coming up slowly in my frostfree greenhouse. So I post some further pics of 2016 ...

These are 4 out of ten random Hepatica nob. var. japonica from Paul Christian purchased in 2015. He mentioned that these seedlings were sorted out from an japanese breeder who was just selecting the doubles. In fact I was quite happy with this degraded material  . The other plants are also quite nice and may develope in coming seasons.

[Carsten]

These are two of my favorits. The 'Shinku' is fertile by the way and I`am very excited to see the crossings in coming years.

[Michael J Campbell]

Hepatica jap. yellow.

[angie]

Who wouldn't love these beautiful hepaticas, thanks for sharing .

Angie 

[David Nicholson]

Beautiful yellow Michael. Hope you haven't given up altogether with the Lewisias?

[Michael J Campbell]

David, had to reduce my gardening activities for health reasons, not good at the moment, unfortunately the Lewisias were the first to go. Will also have to cut down on my Hepatica collection  as 600 is too much for me to manage now. I am trying to keep a few of all the genera I have rather than large collections of some. Photography is about all I can manage for the past two months with nothing at all done in the garden. I had some help last spring but it vanished without any explanation at the end of May and has not appeared since.  Hopefully I will recover somewhat when the Spring comes. 

Cheers.   

[Maggi Young]

Hope you know, Michael , that all of us here wish you much better health in the coming years. 

[angie]

Hope you know, Michael , that all of us here wish you much better health in the coming years.

Michael I too hope you will be feeling better soon. I do enjoy seeing all your lovely flowers on the forum. Spring isn't far away so be positive.

Angie 

[David Nicholson]

Hey Michael, sorry not to have replied earlier but have been 'under the weather' meself of late. You look after yourself and keep plugging away when you can we need all your skill and experience.

[Michael J Campbell]