Hepatica

[Maggi Young]

I'm starting this thread to encourage new posts here for these lovely plants. I will show the links to the Hepatica pages of the "old" forum, too, so it is easy to link across to see the many glorious photos that are posted there. Please do not try to post to these "old" pages, they will soon be archived as "read only". Makes your comments and new posts here, please.
The links to the old pages are these:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/discus/messages/4/27630.html?1146653863 from April 2006

http://www.srgc.org.uk/discus/messages/4/24827.html?1143838345 from February 2006

http://www.srgc.org.uk/discus/messages/4/7071.html?1140727655 original hepatica page on old forum.
Enjoy!

Here are a couple of photos of a beautiful Hepatica given to us some time ago by President Ian C.
(boast, boast!)

[johngennard]

This is by way of a test run Maggie.Fantasic pics.

[Maggi Young]

John, am I pleased to see you? !!!
Now let's tackle the uploading of pix!
I'll email you

[Lesley Cox]

Nothing to bear with John, I mean, everything's OK, loaded nicely. Lovely plant and yours too Maggi. I just can't seem to leave this alone. I really DO need to get a (another) life.

[johngennard]

Just ignore anything that appears under my name.I am a complete novice and am having terrible problems.The pics could be anything as I attempt to upload.

[Hkind]

John,

Could you tell us the name of the pink double?

I myself have no new images to show, but I have updates my Hepatica site  these days.
http://www.abc.se/~m8449/anemone.html#Hepat

Virtual gardening and seed sowing are the only garden-related acticities possible this time of the year in Sweden.   

Hannelotte

[Ian Y]

Well done John, you have made it. Soon it will all come naturally to you. Computers are like that you spend frustrating hours trying to work out how to do something then some one comes along and says, oh you just push that key, and hey presto.
While you can down load much bigger files to the new forum it is best if you keep the size down so we can view the whole picture on the screen.
I keep my pix to around 600 wide.
Looking forward to your next postrings.

[David Nicholson]

I haven't tried Hepaticas but have often "dribbled" at the pix on the old Forum. I think they are woodlanders-are they? But I don't have anywhere in the garden that is under trees with any reasonable depth of soil. What about a North facing raised bed which I seem to have problems growing anything in apart from a clump of Japanese Anemones, a few mini conifers and a couple of unknown Violas which flower regularly and get the minimum of attention. I was going to dig the bed up and build a row of cold-frames in its place instead. Would Hepaticas like it there?

[johngennard]

Hannelott,

Forgive the absence 0f a name but I did warn you to ignore any pics.that might appear under my name.I am still new to computers and am wrestling with the technology.However,I have visited your web-site and admire pics,and presentation very much.I will make another attempt to post some more pictures but don't hold your breath.

The pink double is ANJYU

[johngennard]

Apologies for the delay.Due to considerable perseverence of Maggi and Ian I think I am now able to show you my first flowers of this season,taken on the 22/11/06.

PHEW !!! thank goodness for that.

[Maggi Young]

Hoorah! This is great, John. Thanks for hanging in there, it was our pleasure to help.
It is lovely to see these flowers.  Will you list their names for us?
I am amazed that they are making flowers at this time of year... but with the evidence elsewhere on these forum pages of, for instance, spring crocus making their appearance already, perhaps I should not be surprised! 

[annew]

They are beautiful, John. May we know whereabouts your garden is?

[Maggi Young]

Good question, Anne. John, now we need you to tell us a bit about yourself ... on this page:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=12.45
Thank you!

[johngennard]

They are from top to bottom ENSHU - TOUKOU - and SAKURANSAT.The comparison shows TOUKOU in it's early opening stages and it's final maturity.
Here is a plant full of fat buds showing early promise,and an un-named japanese single in full flower from last year.
That will be all from me until something new arrives.

[dan]

anne, i had a large collection of japanese hepaticas last winter but unfortunately neglected them this year so have lost a few.EXPENSIVE!. anyway i live about a mile away from sylvia medd and i've also got the rare double blue form of the european hepatica nobilis and the normal double pink. so when they come in flower you could alwalys pop over. oh yeh and i have ellison spence and a different double blue form of transsylvanica. so plenty to see!