Anemone coronaria

[Oron Peri]

A. coronaria starts to bloom in the Northern part of the Jordan Valley,
in this area there is only the red form with very few exceptions such as this amazing soft pink form.
Due to the fertile soil and some good rains flowers are just huge reaching 10cm in diameter.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Maybe common in some areas but always cheers me up .In Crete I found only the blue forms and did never see the red ones ...
My neighbor grow them in her garden and the seedlings are now infiltrate in my rockgarden.Because I like them I could not eliminate the newcomer so far. 

[cycnich]

Thanks for showing these, I think we are all depressed here in the UK with the weather and suchlike but spring is not too far away and you have cheered me up a little at least. Thank you.

[Gerdk]

Oron, thank you for the most impressive show of springflowers.
The pink coronaria is a stunner indeed!

Gerd

[Melvyn Jope]

Thanks for showing the pink Anemone coronaria Oron, it reminded me of some that Pat (cycnich) and I saw near Githeo last November but on looking at the photo again they are nothing like each other!

[Armin]

Oron,
lovely pictures of the anemones.
I tried several times to establish them in my garden. Tubers germinated well in autuum but bare frosts and to much moist killed them...

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Wonderful pictures Oron !
The ones showing these red beauties in their habitat are marvelous !
Thanks !

[Darren]

I really like these anemones so thanks for the lovely pictures!

My experience is the same as Armin's. They dwindle away in the garden, either due to cold winds in winter or too much moisture in summer, or both. With a tiny bit of overhead protection in the bulb frame they do well.

[Sinchets]

Do you all have the same experience with A.pavonina? It grows quite well here and is native to the south and east of Bulgaria (as well as elsewhere) at the moment they are coping quite well with a mild and wet winter. We have A.coronaria we brought with us and they have been happy so far in deciduous shade.

[Otto Fauser]

Thank you Oron , for the beautyful photos of Anemone coronaria .
 My very first childhood memory at the tender age of 3 years is a field of red A. coronaria .

     thanks again from Otto.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Do you all have the same experience with A.pavonina? It grows quite well here and is native to the south and east of Bulgaria (as well as elsewhere) at the moment they are coping quite well with a mild and wet winter. We have A.coronaria we brought with us and they have been happy so far in deciduous shade.

I've never tried A. coronaria, but Pavonina does quite well here !
I have it outside on a raised bed in full sun and it survived last year's cold Winter quite well.  Leaves were already showing again when the snow came 3 weeks ago.

[Darren]

Pavonina does the same with us - fine in bulb frame, feeble otherwise.

[Sinchets]

I am glad A.pavonina grows with you, Luc. Both species have had leaves up since October here and have survived down to -15C with no snow cover so far. I did have A.coronaria outside in the UK, but planted under lavenders to keep the soil drier in summer.

[Maggi Young]

They dwindle away in the garden, either due to cold winds in winter or too much moisture in summer, or both. With a tiny bit of overhead protection in the bulb frame they do well.

 While I agree that climatic reasons are mostly to blame for the lack of success in the garden.... I suspect that there may be another factor, too..... mice.  I think mice find anemone corms tasty.  

[Oron Peri]

This extraordinary field is situated across the biblical site of Megiddo.
I couldn't resist making a stop early this morning to take some photos.