Anemone 2009

[Sinchets]

Hi Oron- We had been looking out for Romulea as Rr.bulbocodium and linaresi grow in this area- we didn't find any in flower, but they may have been lurking in the undergrowth.
We saw Ornithogalum sibthorpii at the site previous to this, but I do not have much experience with identifying Ornithogalums. In what way does O.fimbriatum differ?
There were better stands of Muscari neglectum and botryoides elsewhere in this meadow.

[Oron Peri]

Simon,

O. fimbriatum and O. sibthorpii are very similar, dwarf, stemless species.
There are two main differences, O. fimbriatum has hairy , grayish-green leaves with no white strip in the middle. while O. Sibthorpii has an evident white striped, hairless leaves.

[Tony Willis]

The anemones are just starting and here are three from Greece.

[Gerry Webster]

Tony - the anemones are stunning especially the red one. This looks very like the one that used to be widely available in the trade as A. fulgens 'Annulata Grandiflora' but I haven't seen it offered for years. I lost mine a long time ago.

[David Nicholson]

Very nice indeed Tony. Pots or garden?

[Tony Willis]

Those are in pots but I have lots of bits of them scattered around the garden. These survive okay outside. The Turkish ones die outside.

[Oron Peri]

Tony, wonderfull flowers, that is very interesting that they are so hardy.
Do you succeed with A. coronaria as well?

No 2&3 are Anemone pavonina, No 1 is A. hortensis [in my opinion...]

Tony - the anemones are stunning especially the red one. This looks very like the one that used to be widely available in the trade as A. fulgens 'Annulata Grandiflora' but I haven't seen it offered for years. I lost mine a long time ago.

Paul, A. fulgens is a natural hybrid   between the two species above, found growing in S. France and not in Greece.

[Gerry Webster]

According to Mathew, A. fulgens is thought to be a hybrid between A. hortensis & A. pavonina.

[Oron Peri]

Just added  the line up saying it is from France. But you are definitely right that it might repeat again also in Greece since both species are growing there.

[Gerry Webster]

Just added  the line up saying it is from France. But you are definitely right that it might repeat again also in Greece since both species are growing there.

Oron - you beat me to it with your edit! I was just going to ask why you thought the hybrid only occurred in France given the wide distribution of the parents.

[Tony Willis]

I collected seed of the Anemone pavonina in the Pelopennese in 1989. A large clump of it is in the garden for the past 10 years  and is just re-appearing.

I have what I think is A. coronaria from SW Turkey but they are very difficult to grow even inside.They do not like my cold wet conditions

[Sinchets]

Anemone pavonina flowering in the garden 1year from seed. The seed was collected in The Strandja area of Bulgaria. The leaves seem more finely cut then other A.pavonina we have seen there.

[Gerry Webster]

Anemone pavonina flowering in the garden 1year from seed. The seed was collected in The Strandja area of Bulgaria. The leaves seem more finely cut then other A.pavonina we have seen there.

Simon - that seems very fast from seed! And a very nice anemone. I love all  forms of the genus - such a classic, simple shape.

[Sinchets]

Gerry- some of them flowered while they were still in their seedpots last October and November- so yes they are very quick

[Tony Willis]

Some more anemones in flower now.All from Greece.A couple are similar to ones I posted before.

I did not know where to put this last one but it is the first Ranunculus asiaticus in flower from Cyprus.It is a nice lime green