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Author Topic: Hepatica - Leberblümchen 2023  (Read 14094 times)

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Re: Hepatica - Leberblümchen 2023
« Reply #135 on: May 02, 2023, 04:15:24 PM »
Hepatica acutiloba, these are so elegant flowers, and someone not knowing could maybe confuse them to Anemone nemorosa which also have long stems (but of course different kind leaves)
Third picture is H.nobilis white one.
Fourth is H.x schlyteri and the last picture H.nobilis fl pl from Denmark.
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Re: Hepatica - Leberblümchen 2023
« Reply #136 on: May 02, 2023, 04:17:30 PM »
H.japonica
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Re: Hepatica - Leberblümchen 2023
« Reply #137 on: May 02, 2023, 04:19:00 PM »
H.japonica 'Shirayuki'. It is such a good plant so I took many pictures of it. :)
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Re: Hepatica - Leberblümchen 2023
« Reply #138 on: May 02, 2023, 04:21:15 PM »
Final pictures.
First H.transsilvanica two pics and then H.japonica and H.nobilis in backlight.
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Re: Hepatica - Leberblümchen 2023
« Reply #139 on: May 02, 2023, 08:22:19 PM »
Leena,

Beautiful blooms and such diversity!  I look forward to when mine are blooming size.
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Re: Hepatica - Leberblümchen 2023
« Reply #140 on: May 02, 2023, 10:49:12 PM »
Very nice plants shown from everyone!
Leena, your 'Shirayuki' is excellent.
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Re: Hepatica - Leberblümchen 2023
« Reply #141 on: May 02, 2023, 10:52:01 PM »
Leena, beautiful Hepatica's! Thanks for showing, here the hepatica season is over. I see you don't remove the old leaves or am I wrong.
Your japonica's are doing well in your garden!
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Re: Hepatica - Leberblümchen 2023
« Reply #142 on: May 03, 2023, 01:23:49 PM »
Fantastic plants Leena specially the japonicas. They are not hardy in our climate
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Re: Hepatica - Leberblümchen 2023
« Reply #143 on: May 03, 2023, 02:50:11 PM »
here is Hepatica multipetala "Walter" -thanks Gabriela

I am very happy this H. nobilis is doing well in your garden Kris! I only have 3 other plants.
Should sow more seeds and see if it retains the character.
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Re: Hepatica - Leberblümchen 2023
« Reply #144 on: May 03, 2023, 02:52:59 PM »
Leena - wonderful Hepatica selections!
It seems there was a good spring for Hepatica flowers, even if a bit too short. How nice it would be for them to remain in flower longer!!!


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Re: Hepatica - Leberblümchen 2023
« Reply #145 on: May 04, 2023, 07:28:00 AM »
Thank you all. :) Hepaticas add so much to the spring beds.
Kris, H.japonica is also here a borderline plant, and if a very bad winter happens, they may not survive, and indeed I have lost several in winter 2021-22, but let's hope the next ones are not so bad, and I try to learn from them and build even better growing places for them.

I see you don't remove the old leaves or am I wrong.

 :-[ Yes, I haven't removed them.  :-[ Earlier in the spring I thought they would protect the buds in cold nights, and then there were so many things to do, I didn't get around to removing them, and now new leaves are growing.

It seems there was a good spring for Hepatica flowers, even if a bit too short. How nice it would be for them to remain in flower longer!!!

Thanks Gabriela. By planting them in different spots in the garden I have tried to lengthen the flowering time so that when the ones in full sun are over, the ones in more shade are still flowering, but as it is always also trying to find the right spot for them, it is not always possible.
Leena from south of Finland

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Re: Hepatica - Leberblümchen 2023
« Reply #146 on: May 10, 2023, 01:37:34 AM »
Monday I had a woodland walk with visiting Philip MacDougall; we were in Hants to see the endangered native Hepatica (americana).  Spring has been long and cool and remains so but Hants is in the interior where they've had enough warmth to have the saucer magnolias explode into flower the past weekend.  Thankfully the Hepatica colonies were at peak AND in tick territory so they're likely safe. There's not much variation in this spot, mainly pale blue which fades to near white and the rare white here and there. Needless to say, upon exiting their territory one has imagined ticks on you for 12 hours. Philip had a new camera so I am likely posting too many pix, I'll try for 2 posts.

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Re: Hepatica - Leberblümchen 2023
« Reply #147 on: May 10, 2023, 01:39:50 AM »
Post 2 from Hants, Nova Scotia. The imagined itches return...

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Re: Hepatica - Leberblümchen 2023
« Reply #148 on: May 10, 2023, 07:32:04 AM »
Really wonderful pictures of Hepatica in the wild. Thank you!
I like the pale powdery blue, it is a colour not found in our native H.nobilis.
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Re: Hepatica - Leberblümchen 2023
« Reply #149 on: May 10, 2023, 08:19:47 AM »
John, thanks for showing! It is lovely to see Hepatica’s in the wild .
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