Hepatica 2022

[Gabriela]

Hepatica nobilis var. pyrenaica x japonica is still flowering.
Hepatica 'Millstream Merlin'

Very pretty, they probably had enough with the rain as well!
Same weather here, hoping for more constant warmth next week. The first H. japonica are flowering (trying) and H. transsilvanica and H. x media buds are semi-opened, so the Hepatica season is getting close
I couldn't abstain and took few bad pictures with a H. japonica.

[Leena]

Simon, thank you for the pictures.

Gabriela, it is so nice to see the first flowers in spring, and your H.japonica seems to grow very well. Here it is still snow...

[Gabriela]

Simon, thank you for the pictures.
Gabriela, it is so nice to see the first flowers in spring, and your H.japonica seems to grow very well. Here it is still snow...

Sorry to hear this Leena. It keeps snowing or it's not getting warm enough for the snow to melt?

Some years we had snow until late April as well, although is not happening too often. Now we face the danger of low night temp. without snow; it is hard to say what would be best, plants and people wise. Last year the Epimediums were pushed into growth too early; I hope for a gradual raise in temperatures this spring.

[Leena]

Sorry to hear this Leena. It keeps snowing or it's not getting warm enough for the snow to melt?

The old snow is still there and we got 20cm more new snow last week, but this coming week should be warmer and hopefully it starts to melt.
The early April was 4-5C colder than average, and forecast says the rest of April will be also colder but not so much as the beginning, and anyway days are getting longer and sun will start to melt the snow. I hope!

I hope your Epimediums survive, and all other plants, too.

[Starking007]

Einfach mal ein paar Bilder dieser Saison,
kann sich schon mal ein altes einschmuggeln....

[Starking007]

Das erste Bild ist neu,
die anderen Bilder sind schon älter

[Starking007]

Das letzte heute, 11.4., im Wald, da gibt es blau pink und weiss

[Carsten]

Das erste Bild ist neu,
die anderen Bilder sind schon älter

Very nice forms, Arthur! Thanks for sharing your special nobilis!

[Herman Mylemans]

Arthur, you are lucky with all this treasures. Thanks for sharing..

[Gabriela]

The old snow is still there and we got 20cm more new snow last week, but this coming week should be warmer and hopefully it starts to melt.
The early April was 4-5C colder than average, and forecast says the rest of April will be also colder but not so much as the beginning, and anyway days are getting longer and sun will start to melt the snow. I hope!

I hope your Epimediums survive, and all other plants, too.

I wish you a fast snowmelt Leena!
The Epimediums were OK last year just some of the flowers were lost; they are pretty tough plants.

[Gabriela]

A very nice display of Hepatica flowers Arthur!
So happy looking under the sun

[Gabriela]

 As a note of encouraging for those in cold climates, various H. japonica fared well a cold winter. Some spent the winter in the ground, others in pots but left outdoors (buried in the soil). So, the hardiness is OK; I cannot say how would they developed over years. Remains to be seen.
They were the first bursting into flower and maybe this is a minus, because very cold spells might destroy the buds.

Interesting to note that H. henryi (also in the ground) is just showing up now. So, species react differently than when grown in pots.



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[Gabriela]

 Two H. transsilvanica forms  grown from seeds are not flowering true to mother-plants. Not a big surprise and OK, since I only have a few H. transsilvanica.
The first one was grown from Schwanensee seeds and the second from Winterfreude.



H. x media 'Silberprinzessin'


Hepatica cross involving Cremar

[Gabriela]

Other H. nobilis are starting to flower, also H. acutiloba and H. americana. Unfortunately the weather is too cold and some days
the flowers don't open, or I don't manage good pictures.

H. nobilis 'Walter' (of last year)


A young H. americana #1; that's how I called the mother plant and the seedling is true.


And a picture taken in the woods today; it was about 4C so despite the sun the flowers wouldn't open. Maybe next week

[Leena]

It is so nice to see flowering Hepaticas in pictures.
Arthur I enjoyed your H.nobilis pictures very much.
Gabriela, I agree with H.japonica hardiness.
Ice and snow has started to melt from where my most precious Hepaticas are, and most of H.japonica plants seem ok, but I'm afraid I have lost my H.pubescens. They could still come up from underground buds, as the ground is still frozen solid, I couldn't try to dig them up. I will see in a week or two.
But surprisingly H.japonicas growing close by seem ok. Here is 'Shirayuki' in bud! I'm so happy about them.
Native H.nobilis are also in bud in early spots, and they are fine though leaves are damaged by frosts. Also H.acutiloba and H.americana plants seem to be ok.