Hepatica

[johngennard]

Pleased to see you back Chris.Your seedlings are very much the same as I am getting.Here are a few that I took today but none of them are from my own seed.I WISH !!!
1) assorted hepaticas   2) 'Hiryou'   3) H. japonica seedling     4) 'Yumeji'     5) H. japonica deep pink
6) H. japonica      7) 'Ryokurin'       8 H. japonica

[Maggi Young]

John, I have edited your post to include the names of your fab hepaticas in the text, so that the forum search facility can find them.
They are super, all in great health. That deep pink japonica in picture no. 5 is  stunner. And the last, even deeper pink, one is yummy, too!

[Diane Clement]

A few early ones, I am still waiting for most of mine to come out
1. Hepatica x media "Ballardii" 
2. Hepatica japonica "Suien"
3. ditto
4. A plain single white H nobilis, with thanks to Chris V from whence it came as a seedling last year

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Chris, John and Diane what are you trying to do to us ?  You're making us all green with envy !
 
So much beauty all over !
Thanks for sharing !

[David Nicholson]

Diane, what a beautiful picture of "Ballardii"

[chris]

beautiful flowers, I have now ballardii and hope to see the same colr of yours, Diane.
John nr.3 + 5 are verry nice.
here tree pictures from a japanese Hepatica, just to show how the flower change

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Very interesting Chris - how much time is there inbetween the pictures ?

[johngennard]

Intersting pictures Chris.That is what makes them so fascinating.I know of no other flower that warrants such close inspection on a regular basis  and gives so much pleasure over such a long period.The jewels of the floral world I think.

[chris]

John  you'r right it are the jewels of the floral world. Luc from opening and the last photo it is about 7 - 10 days, the first year the plant flowered I saw just flowers like the first photo, so for the people who buy plants just be patient for one or two years and than you will see the beauty of the plant.
Here it is now full saison of the japanese Hepaticas, most of them are inside the cold greenhouse,

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Brilliant stuff Chris - Shihouden is a real stunner !

[Diane Clement]

The hepaticas here are still lagging behind, I've not very many out yet.  Just a couple to show

1.  Hepatica "Kanzan"
2.  Hepatica "Junisen"

[Lesley Cox]

Very nice Diane. I have a few first year of flowering seedling hepaticas out now as well. Late summer and still a silly season so far as many plants are concerned.

[Bjoerg47]

You all got me hooked  I look forward to late March, when the ground in Norway is covered with Hepatica nobilis. I will try to send You a photo when times come.
Thank You so much for all the lovely photoes.

[chris]

beautiful H.'Kazan', H.'Junisen looks the same as H.'Kimihiko, another photo of H.'Hana Kage' the same as on page 7, the flower is open now. A japanese specie without name and H.'Hokkiko' a verry small beauty:

[Diane Clement]

H.'Junisen looks the same as H.'Kimihiko,

Hi Chris
"Junisen" IS identical to "Kimihiko".  When I sent it to you, I did not know the name, so I labelled it as "kimihiko" which is the name of my friend who gave it to me.   I have since found out the cultivar name, which is "Junisen".  Japanese cultivars with "sen" in the name mean they are a full double as "sen" means "thousand" (as in thousand petals).