Pulsatilla 2013

[greenspan]

thank you jozef. i have no clay/loam in my garden, but sandy-humus soil. i'll give them some fertilizer.

[Catwheazle]

Hi, a few years ago after I tried in vain to get P. flavescens, I no longer am so busy with Pulsatilla.
But now when I read through here as the threat and see the great pictures (@ Olga:! Thank you  )
I will, "very nervous";-)
Unfortunately, my attempts were raised from seed - and with gibberellic acid) failed :-(
more ..... if I read in this forum so that will be definitely not good for me 

Greetings

Bernd

[Olga Bondareva]

Bernd, if you live high enough  and have strong winters P. flavescens can be very good for you. It is easy from seed. I sow it every year. No need in gibberellic acid, only surface sowing. Seed save viability 5 years at least.

Trond, Pulsatilla can never be too much. 

[Catwheazle]

Thank you! Yes, I live near the mountains, about 850 MSL. The winters are quite long and cold and it can easily be -28 °.
On the ground we have gravel, with clay. Calcareous, stop what the Lech brings from the Alps and has heaped so.
The floor is probably ideal for Cypripedium and Paeonia.
The experiments for seeding: I've ordered by mail, seeds of J. Halda, CZ. No idea how old were and how were stored.
The flavescens I had long sought but never found a source for seeds or plants.

Greetings from Allgaeu (near castle "Neuschwanstein")

[Olga Bondareva]

Bernd, all you describe is good for P. flavescens. You have good chances!  What a pity you haven't been to the Conference, I shared some P. flavescens seed. Hope it will become not rare plant soon. 

Love it.

[Catwheazle]

 
lechz 

@Olga: 

[greenspan]

Bernd, if you live high enough  and have strong winters P. flavescens can be very good for you. It is easy from seed. I sow it every year. No need in gibberellic acid, only surface sowing. Seed save viability 5 years at least.

yes, sowing with fresh harvested seed shows best results. the problems begin with dried seed, older than a year or more.

hm...your hints to the need for cold of the flavescens might be the reason for my problems with this wonderful Pulsatilla (elevation ~300m sl). maybe i should plant the Pulsatilla patens ssp. flavescens in a more shady place? does ssp. flavescens needs loam or lime in the soil? till now i grow it in a light acid humus rich + sandy soil. maybe this is wrong?

btw...a wonderful clear yellow color + a vigorous stock olga...chapeau!

[Catwheazle]

Hi,  i would like to try flavescens, but over 3 years i couldnt get seed or plants. 

[greenspan]

check frequently (german) nurseries like "eidmann", "floralpin" or "arktisch-alpiner-garten". sometimes they offer Pulsatilla (mostly seed sources from czech-gardeners i guess). e.g. i got real P. turczaninovii last month from eidmann (i checked the leaves as i learned from olga -> triternate, not the biternate leaf of the often as "turczaninovii" offered ambigua) or P. aurea from arktisch-alpiner-garten in april. the P. patens ssp. flavescens came from floralpin a few years ago. but i have to say, that they made a "dirty" yellow, far away from the clear yellow color of olga's plant.

[Catwheazle]

Super, thank you! Eidmann was still unknown to me. Although he has at the moment - like the others - no flavescens,
but otherwise a lot of nice things :-)

Bernd

[Gail]

Pulsatilla enthusiasts with deep pockets will be pleased to hear that Kit Grey-Wilson's monograph is due for publication this autumn;
http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/publications/books/sales/specificgenera/PasqueFlowers+The+Genus+Pulsatilla/296/

[greenspan]

thx gail for the hint. i'm ags member, so my pocket can be a bit shorter.

[Gail]

i'm ags member, so my pocket can be a bit shorter.

Me too, but I know I will still be in trouble when I put my order in.

[Maggi Young]

Reading the blurb about the book that came with the AGS journal, it seems more of a 'print on demand' than a true limited edition.
Perhaps the cost could be recouped by taking bets on when Kit will decide to re-name everything ......  

[Tim Ingram]

I am sure it will be a wonderful book though because Kit is the consummate botanist and photographer, and pulsatillas are so photogenic as Susann and Olga and others have shown so well. I imagine there might be some debate about nomenclature when it comes out! That might be good because more and more people are likely to grow them.