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« Reply #60 on: February 10, 2012, 01:19:08 PM »
Looking forward to seeing those, Martin- love those wild colonies Smiley
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« Reply #61 on: February 10, 2012, 01:54:06 PM »
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Do you know what kind of creature that nibbles your plant?

I found the little blighters this evening munching on the flowers (small black slugs) they have gone for their holidays. Wink
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« Reply #62 on: February 10, 2012, 02:39:53 PM »
So , it was slugs?  Well caught, Michael.

Perhaps it is only my sparrows which are guilty of flower nibbling. The little hooligans:P
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« Reply #63 on: February 10, 2012, 04:49:26 PM »
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Do you know what kind of creature that nibbles your plant?

I found the little blighters this evening munching on the flowers (small black slugs) they have gone for their holidays. Wink
Slugs! Is that good news or bad news though? Are the slugs newhatched or older? I have found some newhatched slugs in my seedpots >Sad I don't like it at all!
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« Reply #64 on: February 11, 2012, 12:49:02 AM »
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Do you know what kind of creature that nibbles your plant?

I found the little blighters this evening munching on the flowers (small black slugs) they have gone for their holidays. Wink

Hope you got that problem nipped in the bud before they can nip too many of yours!
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« Reply #65 on: February 19, 2012, 02:16:12 PM »
A few more Hepatica.
Hepatica Purple nidan saki.
Hepatica Purpre nidan saki
Hepatica japonica Akane.
Hepatica japonica Asahizuru
Hepatica japonica Haruno awayuki.
Hepatica nobilis
Hepatica japonica
Hepatica nobilis
Hepatica nobilis
Hepatica nobilis rubra plena

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« Reply #66 on: February 19, 2012, 02:19:04 PM »
Beautiful! It's very heartening to see those vivid colours, Michael! 
Can any colder zone gardeners who have experimented with H. japonica comment on their experiences? 
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« Reply #67 on: February 19, 2012, 02:21:21 PM »
Last few.

Hepatica americana.
Hepatica americana.
Hepatica transylvanica Blue Jewell.
Hepatica Japonica Murasaki.
Hepatica nobilis

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« Reply #68 on: February 19, 2012, 02:39:19 PM »
More beauties!
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« Reply #69 on: February 19, 2012, 09:35:14 PM »

The colors are quite clear.  Excellent!

Michael (or anyone), do you find that the pH of the soil is important in bringing out the "correct" hues?

I have some H. americana that grow in sandy soil, pH about 6.5.  They seemed to be the same color blue-purple as their parents in the acid soil (pH 5.5-6.0) in Northern Minnesota.  Now I have moved some of them to a clay based pH 7 soil with more sun, and they are pretty much white.
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« Reply #70 on: February 20, 2012, 03:47:30 AM »
I grow mine in a loamy soil and never bother much about the PH, just throw a handful of lime into the compost when mixing. I would think that it is the sun bleaching the flowers.  Mine are shaded from March until November and full winter sun (and we don't get much of that) the rest of the year.

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« Reply #71 on: March 14, 2012, 05:15:10 AM »
Stunning variety!  I have just the wild pink and blue nobilis.
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« Reply #72 on: February 01, 2013, 12:53:47 PM »
Hepatica japonica To-sen
Hepatica japonica Akafuku
Hepatica japonica white with a hint of pink.
Hepatica nobilis snow  storm

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« Reply #73 on: February 01, 2013, 01:05:09 PM »
A gorgeous set! Love those gentle pinks..
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« Reply #74 on: February 02, 2013, 02:39:57 AM »
Very nice Michael! Now I'm very much looking forward to spring!
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