Anemone 2018

[Harald-Alex.]

Now it is the time of wood anemones, which grow here in our parks:
Foto 1: - Anemone nemorosa
Foto 2: - A. nemorosa Westwall, violett
Foto 3: - A. ranunculoides, yellow

[Mariette]

Anemone nemorosa with violet backs looks very unusual, Harald-Alex! Till now, I´ve seen only pink or reddish tones.

Yesterday on Öland I was delighted to realise that double forms of Anemone ranunculoides do not only occur on Hiiumaa island.

[hadacekf]

Sorry, I have only two plants.

[Leena]

Some Anemone nemorosa flowering in May.
'Atrocaerulea'
'Vestal'
Red big flowering anemone
'Blue Monstrosa'
My favourite 'Hilda, small flowers but always so many of them and a good doer.

[Leena]

Some more, these have extra petals.
'Maret'
'Tups'
'Kassari' this flowered for the first time this year and became immediately a favourite. It has bigger flowers than the others.
Last picture is of A.nemorosa in the wild here.

[fermi de Sousa]

Re-appearing regularly for the last few years is this Aneone coronaria orginally grown from seed from Goteborg as "ex Iraq".
The first to flower this year is purple
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

More Anemone coronaria in flower:
1) white and purple
2) white with pinky centre
3)  pure white
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Anemone heldreichii in flower in our rock garden
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

Two forms of Anemone pavonina, the first, a pink, I presume is a cross between a white and a red which flowered in the rock garden and were raised from SRGC Sdx 2008; the second is a red from SRGC Sdx 2009
cheers
fermi

[fermi de Sousa]

All three of the above (AA pavonina, heldreichii and coronaria) are in flower now so I wonder if they will cross to reproduce the "St Brigid" or"de Caen" strains of hybrid anemone sold in shops?
Time will tell as seedlings appear each year
cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

fermi - you remind me of the time when we used to regularly see bunches of  those anemones in the florist's shops  - I'm not aware of  seeing them in the last few years.  Another fashion passed?

[fermi de Sousa]

Well, I think I've had one question answered - this appears to be a cross between Anemone heldreichii and a red Anemone pavonina!
I wonder if this cross has been done before? Does it need a scientific write up?
The last two pics compare the putative hybrid and Anemone heldreichii when they close for the evening
cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

Anemone heldreichiana Gand. is a synonym of Anemone hortensis L. -  according to the Plant List  - and  the hybrid between that  and A. pavonina is  known as  A. x fulgens J. Gay.

Anemone pavonina Lam. is a synonym of Anemone hortensis L.- according to the Plant List !
 You pays your money and you takes your choice!

 (  Anemone pavoniana Boiss. is something else!)

[ashley]

Well, I think I've had one question answered - this appears to be a cross between Anemone heldreichii and a red Anemone pavonina!

I like that one Fermi.  Is it about the same size as heldreichii or intermediate?

[fermi de Sousa]

I like that one Fermi.  Is it about the same size as heldreichii or intermediate?

Hi Ashley,
its actually the same size or a touch smaller but that could be because this is its first flowering.
The hybrid is on the left side of this pic
cheers
fermi