Hepatica 2011

[Magnar]

Fantastic plants, Thanks a lot for showing

[Maggi Young]

Gunda and Kalle, you must be very happy that you can have those flowers in your greenhouse ..... it will be cold for a long time yet outside for you folks.

There is still a lot of winter to be endured for a great many Forumists.... it is so good to be able to share those with glimpses of Spring.

[annew]

It is very good to learn of the way you grow your hepaticas too.

[kalle-k.dk]

We grow mostly all our Hepatica japonica and the other Asian species such as Hepatica Yamatutai in 10 cm. tall pots. They stand on tables in 5 cm. gravel. The Soil in the pots is nutritious peat with P.H. 5.5-6.5 mixed with perlite and cat litter so the soil is well drained.

We use a long-acting fertilizer grain called Osmocote http://www.substral.dk/Substral/Osmocote.aspx

We fertilize them with Osmocote early March and only once a year. We spray the leaves with Superthrive every second week until autumn. http://www.superthrive.com/freetrial.html 

We watered them as needed and we remove old leaves when they have faded.

The greenhouse is shaded at summer from May to November.
We repot them in August and here we cut 1/3 of the roots away.

We cross and pollinate them and the seeds most sown fresh / green. We use the same soil mix and cover the seeds lightly. Mostly all seeds placed outside in a shaded frame. We prick the small seed plants when they get the first right leaf and we start in March. They been also fertilize with Osmocote.

Gunda & Kalle,
Denmark

[Michael J Campbell]

Just three today, thanks Karl.

Hepatica  Japonica Kuukai.
Hepatica   Japonica Purple nidan saki,
Hepatica  Japonica Tosen. sorry this one is a little out of focus.

[Gunilla]

Kalle and Gunda, I read your posts with great interest. I have so much to learn about growing hepatica.

It's very cold outside and I had to bring this H. japonica indoors just to have something nice to look at.  It came as a surprise to me that it has a pleasant scent, something I haven't noticed in any Hepatica before.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Amazing pictures Gunilla, Michael and Kalle !! 

Here, my hybrid of Hepatica pyrenaica x japonica is coming in full flower !! 

[Maggi Young]

The point about scent from Hepaticas is not one I have noted before.
That's a fine specimen you have there, Luc.... certainly big enough to be showing fragrance  if it has any..... a report, please?

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Sorry Maggi, no scent I'm afraid.. 

[Gunilla]

Wow Luc, there must be hundreds of flowers in that pot and everyone of them a little beauty  . 

[Maggi Young]

Sorry Maggi, no scent I'm afraid.. 

Hmm... maybe just scent on pure japonica?

[David Nicholson]

Amazing pictures Gunilla, Michael and Kalle !! 

Here, my hybrid of Hepatica pyrenaica x japonica is coming in full flower !! 

WOWEE!! That's surely Farrer standard. You have excelled yourself Mr G.

[Maggi Young]

Amazing pictures Gunilla, Michael and Kalle !! 

Here, my hybrid of Hepatica pyrenaica x japonica is coming in full flower !! 

WOWEE!! That's surely Farrer standard. You have excelled yourself Mr G.

I was thinking "Forrest" myself! 

[David Nicholson]

Both

[Luc Gilgemyn]