Pulsatilla- Spring 2012

[Lesley Cox]

No idea what this little beauty is.

That's what I would have expected the true P. campanella to look like, but as I've said before, I've never seen the actual plant, only occasional pictures.

[maggiepie]

That's what I would have expected the true P. campanella to look like, but as I've said before, I've never seen the actual plant, only occasional pictures.

Lesley, I think it came from seeds labelled Pulsatilla pratensis subsp. nigricans, I must have planted two tiny seedlings together as the flowers behind this one are very dark.
I assumed the pale one was some sort of hybrid.
I haven't been able to get my hands on any P. campanella seed as yet.
Whatever it is, the flower is very cute. The entire consists of a couple of leaves a stem with the flower.

[Olga Bondareva]

Helen, your Pulsatilla is a real gem no matter the name.

Two seedlings of P. vulgaris Perlen Glocke





The second one has got a blood of Papageno.

[Lori S.]

So, it sounds like the conclusion is that all the various forms shown (long sepals and purple; short sepals and yellowish) are accepted as being P. campanella?  Works for me, if so.   
(Perhaps the long-sepalled purple one was the one selected for introduction, being much showier than the yellowish, short-sepaled form?) 

[Magnar]

Pulsatilla integrifolia flowering for the first time in my garden

[Maggi Young]

Pulsatilla integrifolia flowering for the first time in my garden

also  sometimes known as Miyakea integrifolia... see  more about this lovely plant in these IRG issues :
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2011Aug211313941904International_Rock_Gardener_Issue_2_February_2010.pdf
and a piece by Susann Nilsson http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2010Dec261293381708IRG_12_December.pdf

[ranunculus]

Utterly gorgeous species.

[Lesley Cox]

Oh that is nice Magnar, and no doubts about ID with foliage like that.

Your pink single (or rather entire petalled) form is very lovely Olga. Not so keen on the shaggy one though.

Helen I haven't P. nigricans as such now but when I did it was more or less like an ordinary vulgaris but very black though others I've seen are closer to purple. I suspect a lot are around under doubtful names. I have had for years, P. montana, again very vulgaris-like but a smaller flower, not opening widely and always from many generations of my own seed, rich deep burgundy-red. No idea how true this is to P. montana.

[maggiepie]

Magnar, that is a real beauty.

Olga, the pink is very nice, pink seems to be hard to come by.

Lesley, do you have pics of your P. montana?
It sounds delightful.
The following pics are of what I got from Pulsatilla pratensis subsp. nigricans seeds.
Do you think they might actually be P. campanella?

[Lesley Cox]

I don't have a recent one Helen, only an old pre-digital. It has been badly neglected recently, in a dried out trough. I have some more young ones coming on so hopefully decent pics either in the spring or next year.

[Palustris]

If anyone going to Pontefract wants some seeds of my P. grandis (lilac flowered one) then please let me know and I will bring some fresh ones with me. Sorry not allowed to send them by post.