Hepatica 2009

[Joakim B]

Very nice plants thanks a lot.
I have not seen green in nobilis so I presume it is nobilis from Japan. I may be wrong!
Gerhard, Hjalmar posted some information about what Severin Schlyter had to say about his semidouble nobilis nobilis.
He (Severin) was able to get pollen from it as described by this post
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3080.msg78918#msg78918

I do not know if it will help You but hopefully it will.
I think there is a lot more cultivation and "hobby" breeding with hepatica nobilis than what is known since most growers have it as hobby and not profession. Hope this and other forum in internet will help to spread information about the plants and how to grow them.
After all there are a lot more Europeans in the European forests looking for plants than Japanese so presumably it will be one of them that finds a special plant. So there might be chances to have some nobilis breeding if people with special plants collaborate and shape pollen when that is possible. Or when the plants are bigger, divisions so that both can test the breeding.
If a division of a special plant is moved back to nature it might there find a mate to produce even more special plants so therefor it is good to replant close to where a plant was found.
All the best and good luck with the plants

Kind regards
Joakim

[Paul T]

Gunilla,

I just love your 'Orihime'.  So perfect.  Then some wonderful pics from Gerhard, and then Peter's  pics  .  Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for a wonderful tour through the doubles.  Beautiful just isn't a strong enough word.

[Ulla Hansson]

The last time I visited Severin Schlyter, he showed a plant that he said had green flowers.
Ulla

[Joakim B]

The last time I visited Severin Schlyter, he showed a plant that he said had green flowers.
Ulla

Did Severin only have European nobilis? He might have traded with Japanese but I have no idea?
I also saw the green in Gerhard´s plant so maybe it exists in European nobilis too.
It exists quite a lot of the it in the Japanese but the plant is wonderfull and if it is hardy with You it is great.

Does anyone know where Severin Schlyter´s plants ended up? He spread a lot through seed exchanges so there is a lot off offspring around.

Kind regards
Joakim

[Maggi Young]

Severin Schlyter donated a great many plants to the RHS, where I believe they are looked after at Wisley Garden.

[Gerhard Raschun]

Here are some picts from the garden today.

Colour aren`t really true: Hep. nob.nob. Maria Theresia is darker blue, the Hep. nob.nob. best rosa is a little bit darker

[Gerhard Raschun]

the last one....

Peter, congratulations, your Hep. no. jap. are unique.My favourite  is Ryugetsu: the dark blue anthers in contrast to the white bloom !!!!

[Ulla Hansson]

I had the perception that it was common Nobilis, not Japonica.
I think Schlyter also had some Hepatica japonica. He had a yellow Hepatica, and I think it was a Japonica.
Ulla

[Gunilla]

Wow!  Peter and Gerhard   Great pics of wonderful flowers. I love them all but Maria Theresia most.

[massonia]

Hi Ewelina,
of course Zenz gardens still exists! Please have a look at "http://zenz-gardens.com/" (in german!)

@Gerhard - nice homepage and beautiful Hepaticas! cu at the "Raritätenbörse"!
best greetings from Graz!
massonia

[Ewelina Wajgert]

Thank You, Massonia and Luit for the story of Zenz's garden. It is nicely to return in the places, in that I was sometime.

[Ewelina Wajgert]

Today I have for you some another Hepaticas. The first two are interesting due to leaf, the last has sweet blue flower.

1. Hepatica henryi
2. Hepatica nobilis var. acuta
3. Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa

[Iris]

Thank you for your answers concerning my green Hepatica .
Anyway I like yours much more. The green flower is interesting, but not particulary showy in the garden to be honest .

[mark smyth]

Finally posting some of mine. It's been very warm here which has forced them on too much. There will be no flowers for the Dublin show this Saturday. All are nobilis in various forms

[Paul T]

Mark et al,

They're all lovely.  Still love the doubles, but some of the more "basic" colours that Mark posted are still just so wonderful to see, particularly at this time of year (autumn here).