Hepatica 2021

[Gabriela]

More to flower, no surprises with the first 2, which I named last year.
H. japonica 'Cerise'


H. japonica 'Cherry Blossoms'


Seedling from a 'red form', not really red but with a velvety appearance.

[Leena]

Red is lovely, it really looks velvety, and I like the dark anthers in the other ones.

[mellifera]

Very attractive flowers Mellifera specially the dark purple double H. japonica

Yes, I also like it very much. For me the high quality is also the big flower and also big plant. Mostly the flowers are great in colour but tiny and also the habitus.

[mellifera]

They are all beautiful Mellifera. It probably happens with other plant collections when the owners cannot care for them anymore. It is too bad, maybe some of the clones are also lost.
I wonder if they have in Japon a National Hepatica Collection or something similar.

I don´t think so Gabriela.
In this case the man emigrates to Brasil. I think there are minimum many decades in breeding work getting such plants.

[Herman Mylemans]

More to flower, no surprises with the first 2, which I named last year.
H. japonica 'Cerise'
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H. japonica 'Cherry Blossoms'
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Seedling from a 'red form', not really red but with a velvety appearance.
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Nice to see some Hepatica in flower. Gabriela, japonica’ s have beautiful colours. Here we have again nights with frost (-5°C). So the flowers  are slowed  down.

[Carsten]

My first semidouble seedling from own seed flowers this week.
A nobilis found semiplena
Nobilis semiplena from Kristensen's
Hepatica nobilis 'Bergfexing'
From Gunhild Poulsen's seed: 106N x 'Andersen's Dream', F2 seedling, very much like 'Andersen's Dream' but rose.

[mellifera]

They all are very beautiful, Carsten!!
Can you make a photo from the last one, when the flower is more open?
For me the best one is the first I think..

[Gabriela]

Nice to see some Hepatica in flower. Gabriela, japonica’ s have beautiful colours. Here we have again nights with frost (-5°C). So the flowers  are slowed  down.

Indeed Herman, the vivid colors make them very attractive, albeit, like Mellifera said, in some cases are very small.
The outside plants will not flower until mid April or so. The soil is frozen solid this year, so who know maybe even later.

[Gabriela]

My first semidouble seedling from own seed flowers this week.
A nobilis found semiplena
Nobilis semiplena from Kristensen's
Hepatica nobilis 'Bergfexing'
From Gunhild Poulsen's seed: 106N x 'Andersen's Dream', F2 seedling, very much like 'Andersen's Dream' but rose.

Congratulations! your seedling is very special. I am very partial to the semi-double Hepatica flowers.

[Leena]

My first semidouble seedling from own seed flowers this week.

All are very beautiful, but a seedling you have grown yourself is always the most special especially when the result is so beautiful colour and form:).

[Herman Mylemans]

My first semidouble seedling from own seed flowers this week.
A nobilis found semiplena
Nobilis semiplena from Kristensen's
Hepatica nobilis 'Bergfexing'
From Gunhild Poulsen's seed: 106N x 'Andersen's Dream', F2 seedling, very much like 'Andersen's Dream' but rose.

Carsten, very interesting Hepatica nobilis!

[mellifera]

Now my Hepatica nobilis semidouble is full open

[Herman Mylemans]

Now my Hepatica nobilis semidouble is full open

Patrick, now you can make a cross with another Hepatica.

[mellifera]

Herman, yes I do it

[Joakim B]

Mellifera
Is your lovely one more in lilac then blue? It looks like that and that gives a nice different colour.

The first finding is very nice Carsten. Does it have working parts?

Interesting to see the children of both that one and Melliferas!

Still cold here so hepaticas are just waiting half ready