Tromso Botanic Garden

[shelagh]

In the middle of June we were lucky enough to tag along with the Sax. Society group when they visited Tromso Botanic.  The labelling was excellent but just a couple had escaped them perhaps the forumists can help.

First a lovely little daisy flower.

Secondly what could be Anemone narcissiflora but it's nothing like the one in our garden.

[Gabriela]

Hope to visit Tromso one day, until then, the little daisy like could be Erigeron uniflorus or something close.

Anemone narcissiflora has few ssp., not accepted by all...In any case the one here could be A. narcissiflora ssp. fasciculata, which it's said to have pubescent foliage (and looks like it in your picture) and white/pink flowers.
I used 'could', others may have different opinions.

[shelagh]

Thanks for your help Gabriela. Your pointer for the 'daisy' led me back to my Alpine Flower book where I found Erigeron humilis mentioned and a quick Google showed that was correct.

As for the A. narcissiflora I am attaching pictures to show why I queried it.  We have had very hot weather here for over 4 weeks so most things are going over. This is what A. narcissiflora looks like in my garden. I'm sorry the picture of the reverse is so blurred but you can at least see the colour. Mine is nothing like the beauty I saw in Tromso, mores the pity.

[Carolyn]

Shelagh,
Your anemone looks very like the anemone rivularis in my garden...

[shelagh]

Thank you Carolyn I thought mine was a very weedy A. narcissiflora but it's obviously A. rivularis, which I have never heard of.  You learn something every day. The wonderful Forumists triumph again.