Hepatica

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Are these flowers from the same plant Mark

I'm with the ones that love them : quite special !

[johngennard]

John's post and pix moved to the Loughborough Show page. http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=327.new#new

[Diane Whitehead]

Isnt Kojo butterfly? As in Prunus 'Kojo no Mai'?

More likely "Princess", though it can also be lonely, kindness, ambition, a factory . . . . . and a few more.

[Diane Clement]

Isnt Kojo butterfly? As in Prunus 'Kojo no Mai'?

My Japanese friend staying with me at the moment says that "Kojo no Mai" means Dancing in the old castle.

More hepaticas
Hepatica Koetsu - a lovely dark blue double
and a single dark pink unnamed

[Maggi Young]

Stunning, Diane, I love the richer colours.

[ian mcenery]

Diane never mind Dance like a butterfly how about sting like a bee (with apologies to thoose too young to remember this quote)

Here is my Hepatica Rubra plena still small but looking as if it has found the right spot in the garden. The only downside is that I have to crawl around on my belly to look at it

[johngennard]

Ian,
    I bought my rubra from Ashwood 6yrs. ago and it flowered for the first time this year.I know it is in a pot but so are most of my others.I think I will plant it outside as you have done and see if it performs any better.
Here is Ellison Spence plus three forms of pyrenaica.

[Diane Clement]

John, are you sure of the name of "Clarence Elliot"?  It looks very much like "Elison Spence"

[johngennard]

Dianne,
         How stupid of me.You are so right,of course it is Ellison Spence.I have been potting rooted cuttings of primula Clarence Elliot and obviously was a little confused when posting.Thanks for the correctio.

[chris]

Mark I like the different flowers of Hepatica nobilis 'Prickle',I hope my H.'Ellison Spence' will flower next year, the plant is to young I think, another tree plants first H.'Ryoku-un' a tiny green only 1cm across, H.'Haku-ho' and H.'Ho Sen'

[Katrin Lugerbauer]

I like all Hepaticas you show, except the green one in the last post  . It's a bit to exotic for me, I suppose.
Here are some self-found Hepatica nobilis var. nobilis.
VLG, Katrin

[Ewelina Wajgert]

Hello in the new season.
Today by us it is ugly weather, therefore I can see the photos, that I made in the last days. Some of them I will share with you.

[Maggi Young]

Hello, Ewelina, I am glad that your bad weather means good news for us here, with your fine photos!

We were expecting bad weather here, also, and though it got very cold and windy earlier last night, it faded and now the day is bright. It is cold and there is wind, so perhaps we will be getting the snow and gales we were told about later.

[Ewelina Wajgert]

Don't give me a scare, Maggi. I have digged up the tall bearded iris (TB) and didn't manage to plant them.

...once again - last hepaticas

[johngennard]

I do like Sakuma Ewelina,but is it blue or lilac ?