Anemone 2015

[Leena]

When I looked closer, I could find some flowers which had more petals, like in the first and second picture. In the third picture is a flower with rounder petals than the typical form, the last picture.
This year I will have to search more to see if I find more different types.

[Maggi Young]

I am very fond of these Anemone nemorosa, not least because they were one of my late Mother's favourite flowers - I think a drift of them , dancing gently in the breeze is one of the very best woodland sights.

We call them "windflowers"   - it suits them.

[Susann]

Beautiful pictures. I specially liked the `Virescens´-hybrid Anne showed. As I have quite a few cultivars of them, I begin to find interesting new forms as well in my garden. But first, I think we need to add some old goodies that are missing in the photos we have seen this far.

First out is `Blue Eyes´of course

 I think `Pink Delight´ also deserves to be shown?

and `Bowl of Spring´ absolutely one of my favorites

 Here is a slightly different `Green Fingers´ than shown before

[Susann]

`Monstrosa´ with some red added to it. I also have a similar form with some blue instead of red.

 Beautiful `Vestal´ som green to make it more delicious.

This one I found in my neighbor´s pasting for cows. It took some years before I came across a text speaking about a natural hybrid between A nemorosa x trifolia. It is very slowgrowing and I have only been able to divide it a few times.

I also have a `Blue Eyes´ with pink instead of blue, very beautiful, but I can not find a picture of it. Perhaps someone else have it and can post an image? I will meanwhile keep looking for the picture, it is somewhere among all the unnamed images

But this one is quite interesting. I found it in the province Bergslagen of Sweden, but I did not dare to take rhizom as I was not sure it was made by an insekt or a virus. ( If insect it would not look the same the next year of course, but if a virus it might have spred to my other Anemone nemorosa) Does someone know what it is caused by?


To end my contribution I show another Anemone I like a lot, Anemone leveillei

[Leena]

Bowl of Spring was new to me, very nice flower shape!
I have also A.trifolia, planted two years ago, and since I have many wild windflowers here and quite a few cultivars I will have to keep an eye if I get hybrids someday.
Some pictures
Anemone nemorosa 'Dee Day'
Anemone trifolia
Anemone ranunculoides 'Semiplena'

[Leena]

I have blue Anemone nemorosa 'Dee Day', but now I have read  in German Sarasto's pages
that 'Dee Day' should be white.
http://shop.sarastro-stauden.com/de/products/getProduct/24/nemorosa_55
I was wondering if anyone knows more about this and which 'Dee Day' is the right one, blue or white?

[annew]

As far as I know, it should be blue - the late Kath Dryden certainly thought so.

[David Nicholson]

..........  and Kath would have been correct

[Maggi Young]

Oddly ( to my mind) there  is no mention in either the SRGC or AGS Journals about this plant.   All the photos we've had  here  as well as nearly all the photos online  are blue and descriptions  of plants for sale are mostly blue -  Though one can find find comments of  old discussions of whether white or blue is correct , for instance in the blog of DonB in Iowa  http://iowagarden.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/yesnomaybe.html   or in John Jearrard's pages   http://www.johnjearrard.co.uk/plants/anemone/anemonenemorosadeeday/species.html

The plant should, I  feel, be blue - but funny how there is a question over it and  stranger still that there is so little information on the plant given it's provenance seems to be widely repeated. 

[Anne Repnow]

I am stricken with the beauty of your anemonies, folks! What beauties!!!

Here is another, albeit more humble blue one - Anemone nemorosa 'Robinsoniana'

[Leena]

The plant should, I  feel, be blue - but funny how there is a question over it and  srabger still that there is so little information on the plant given it's provenance seems to be widely repeated. 

Thank you Annew and David. I like my blue anemone very much and it seems vigorous.
Maggi that was just what I thought, I would have thought that somewhere was more information about plant this old.

Bolinopsis, very nice picture of a nice anemone. When the plant grows well it is always a beauty.

[Maggi Young]

I am stricken with the beauty of your anemonies, folks! What beauties!!!

Here is another, albeit more humble blue one - Anemone nemorosa 'Robinsoniana'

They are real gems are they not?

I have  'Robinsoniana' and also 'Leeds Variety'  but I always get them mixed up....

[Anne Repnow]

I know what you mean...
I bought A. nemorosa 'Atrocaerulea', 'Blue Queen' and 'Royal Blue' from Christian Kress (Sarastro nursery) and cannot really tell them apart from 'Robinsoniana'. Probably my problem - I must check them all a little more diligently this spring....

[David Nicholson]

This reinforces (perhaps!) that Anemone nemorosa 'Dee Day' should be blue

http://www.avondalenursery.co.uk/plant.php?reference=1326197872002674

[Leena]

I bought A. nemorosa 'Atrocaerulea', 'Blue Queen' and 'Royal Blue' from Christian Kress (Sarastro nursery) and cannot really tell them apart from 'Robinsoniana'. Probably my problem - I must check them all a little more diligently this spring....

My 'Royal Blue' (from Ruksans) is a smaller plant, and has smaller flowers which are more blue than 'Robinsoniana' which has big very light blue flowers like in your picture.