Hepatica 2021

[Leena]

So perfect doubles!
It is nice that your flowering season has started, it is treat to look at pictures of flowers when mine are still so far away:).

[Carsten]

Colour range of Hepatica japonica.
'Kibani'
'Hikogami'
and two unnamed

[Maggi Young]

Oh my! The colours are  fantastic.

[mellifera]

Very beautiful flowers Carsten!
For me the last one is the best, but also the yellow one.

[Herman Mylemans]

Very beautiful Hepatica, Carsten! I like the most: Hepatica nobilis 'Selma' and the unnamed one. They have both very special colour for a nobilis form.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Fantastic series Carsten !  Not only the flowers are amazing but your photography is just as brilliant !
Thanks for showing these !

[Gabriela]

They are all gorgeous!
And those in need can easily warm up from the bright colors

[Herman Mylemans]

The Hepaticas are waking up in the garden. Too bad the weather will be worse tomorrow.

Hepatica yamatutai

[kris]

Beautiful Hepatica flowers all. I have to wait till May to get some flowers. Carsten your Hepatica nobilis Selma is  fantastic. I got one seedling from your precious selma seeds.  Hope to see the seedling emerging this spring from under the snow!!.

[mellifera]

Hepatica nobilis Alba Plena Type 'Ireland' flowers before winter is coming again...

[Herman Mylemans]

Hepatica nobilis Alba Plena Type 'Ireland' flowers before winter is coming again...

Patrick, this Hepatica looks very promising. Here it is heavy winter now. A lot of snow and temperature during the day still minus zero, this will probably be so for the whole week.

[Gabriela]

Nice to see more Hepatica flowers, either simple or doubles!
Hopefully your H. yamatutai won't be affected by the cold Herman.

We are in a polar vortex currently, it seems I may have chosen a bad year to try young H. japonica in the ground. There is snow but surely not enough for constant night temp. under -15C over a long period (down to -21C forecasted).
Luckily I managed to bring in the garage some of the potted Hepaticas and they seem OK after defrosting.

[kris]

HI Gabriela your -21C seems warmer to me. In Saskatoon we are further down with -35C and with wind chill more than -40C. The polar vortex is going to stay here for 5 more days!!

[Herman Mylemans]

Here we have at night -10°C. It has been since 2012 that there has been a week with temperature below or around zero during the day and at least 3 nights below -10°C. Lucky for the plants that there is some snow. I will be glad that this week will be over.

[Leena]

We are in a polar vortex currently, it seems I may have chosen a bad year to try young H. japonica in the ground. There is snow but surely not enough for constant night temp. under -15C over a long period (down to -21C forecasted).

Here it is the same, and I keep my fingers crossed that all Hepaticas will survive. I have dry oak leaf protection over them and then there is about 40cm snow over them so I hope that is enough. The lowest here this winter has been -23, but it has been several week now temperatures below -10 (and mostly around -15C), and it seems like it will be the same all February. Beautiful sunny days though.

Snow is good, but I kind of envy winters like Herman's when cold and snow last only a week or two, but of course cold may do more damage when plants are more advanced.