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Gabriela

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Re: Hepatica 2022
« Reply #75 on: February 12, 2022, 07:45:44 PM »
Nice red and orange-like seedlings Carsten and Gunilla.
My salmon colored H. japonica seedling made an 'exit' in the summer but there are still some red and magenta ones. All were randomly obtained.
from a red form.

Herman: how is the 'Winterfreude' different than the typical H. transsilvanica, besides the very early flowering? Just to know what to look for in my seedlings which were raised from seeds.

I like the inky blue on H. transsilvanica 'Blumenstadt Erfurt'!
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Herman Mylemans

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Re: Hepatica 2022
« Reply #76 on: February 12, 2022, 11:36:59 PM »
An interesting article for those who love Hepatica, starting page 250:
The Alpine Gardener September 2015 Volume 83 no 3
https://issuu.com/gregloadesags/docs/september_2015
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Re: Hepatica 2022
« Reply #77 on: February 13, 2022, 07:14:20 AM »
Thank you Herman!
Excellent summary!
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Re: Hepatica 2022
« Reply #78 on: February 13, 2022, 11:44:25 AM »
Herman, thank you! Really excellent information! :)

Wonderful red japonicas in the previous page. It is so nice to see flowering plants already. :)
Leena from south of Finland

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Re: Hepatica 2022
« Reply #79 on: February 13, 2022, 06:23:33 PM »
Nice red and orange-like seedlings Carsten and Gunilla.
My salmon colored H. japonica seedling made an 'exit' in the summer but there are still some red and magenta ones. All were randomly obtained.
from a red form.

Herman: how is the 'Winterfreude' different than the typical H. transsilvanica, besides the very early flowering? Just to know what to look for in my seedlings which were raised from seeds.

I like the inky blue on H. transsilvanica 'Blumenstadt Erfurt'!
Gabriela, 'Winterfreude' this variety was the first winter-flowering form, which blooms in mild winters as early as New Year's Day gives small bouquets. Discovered in Wolfgang Kautz's private garden, he recognized the value and brought them into culture. The sky-blue, large flowers are among the earliest things that please us in the garden each year. The flower bud is dark violet at first and becomes lighter when it opens. The back is a little darker.
The flower is nicely evenly shaped. This Hepatica produces many flowers.
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Re: Hepatica 2022
« Reply #80 on: February 13, 2022, 06:30:40 PM »
Hepatica transsilvanica 'Loddon Blue' , a lovely pale blue cultivar, selected by Thomas Carlile of Loddon Nurseries in Berkshire.
Not so many flowers at once, but they are lighter in color and larger.
A problem with cultivars is the authenticity of the species. Are the plants divided or do they come from seed (not always true to species).
So it's about the trust of the supplier.
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Re: Hepatica 2022
« Reply #81 on: February 13, 2022, 07:40:02 PM »
An interesting article for those who love Hepatica, starting page 250:
The Alpine Gardener September 2015 Volume 83 no 3
https://issuu.com/gregloadesags/docs/september_2015

Thanks Herman, I remember reading this article but I still went again through all of it! The best read for another cold winter day.
Maybe one of the few writings that mention the fragrance present in some H. acutiloba.

Also thank you for the notes on the 'Winterfreude'. Such an early character is not a 'quality' for our climate. But anyway since it was grown from seeds who knows...and we still have a layer of snow.
'Loddon Blue' is lovely with the large, pale blue flowers.







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Re: Hepatica 2022
« Reply #82 on: February 13, 2022, 08:36:51 PM »
Thanks Herman, I remember reading this article but I still went again through all of it! The best read for another cold winter day.
Maybe one of the few writings that mention the fragrance present in some H. acutiloba.

Also thank you for the notes on the 'Winterfreude'. Such an early character is not a 'quality' for our climate. But anyway since it was grown from seeds who knows...and we still have a layer of snow.
'Loddon Blue' is lovely with the large, pale blue flowers.
Gabriela, they talk indeed about the fragrance in some H. acutiloba.
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Re: Hepatica 2022
« Reply #83 on: February 14, 2022, 07:33:11 PM »
Two different yellow flowering Hepatica japonica

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Re: Hepatica 2022
« Reply #84 on: February 14, 2022, 07:35:34 PM »
And here two filled white plants

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Re: Hepatica 2022
« Reply #85 on: February 15, 2022, 01:11:35 PM »
Carsten, Hepatica yamatutai ex pinkback is flowering! It is very nice, also in bud.
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Re: Hepatica 2022
« Reply #86 on: February 15, 2022, 03:02:59 PM »
 :)  nice, enjoy!
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Re: Hepatica 2022
« Reply #87 on: February 19, 2022, 12:07:03 PM »
Hepatica japonica seedlings.
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Re: Hepatica 2022
« Reply #88 on: February 19, 2022, 03:19:12 PM »
Mike, nice japonica seedlings!
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Re: Hepatica 2022
« Reply #89 on: February 19, 2022, 05:18:36 PM »
Thanks Herman.
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