Pulsatilla 2013

[astragalus]

Diane, thank you so much.  Now I'll have to figure out which one is in my garden.  I grew it from seed a few years ago and I don't recall the source.

[Rimmer de Vries]

Blooming now in northern hemisphere, about 5 months late!

Seed grown as Pulsatilla bungeana wild collected in Russia, Altai Mtns, Semisker Pass- by G Bohme of Germany- NARGS  2008-09 seed list

Is this tiny plant named correctly?

It is purple not blue

[Egon27]

My yellow Pulsatilla

[Egon27]

My next yellow Pulsatilla

[Maggi Young]

Very lovely yellows, Egon.
You will see I have moved them to this thread.

[fermi de Sousa]

Very nice, Egon -I never realised how many yellow ones there were!
You've grown them very well; thanks for sharing your pics,
cheers
fermi

[Armin]

I agree with Fermi,
very lovely yellows.

Do you grow them in acid soil (non-calcareous soil), Egon?

[Great Moravian]

Hi Anne - there is a magnificent image of R. kuepferi (so typical) on:-

http://alpinestock.com/flora_fauna_g53-küpfers_hahnenfuss_ranunculus_kuepferi__p3297.html

Amended : It seems that this image has been removed from this site even though a search on Google brings it up.  Apologies.
I will search through my own files for a typical image.

ranunculus, You split the url in two portions. Therefore it was not working.
http://alpinestock.com/flora_fauna_g53-küpfers_hahnenfuss_ranunculus_kuepferi__p3297.html
is working.

[ranunculus]

Many thanks Josef.

[Egon27]

Acidic soil needed only for Pulsatilla alpina apiifolia. For Pulsatilla patens have alkaline soil and the other can grow in neutral soil.

[Darren]

Acidic soil needed only for Pulsatilla alpina apiifolia. For Pulsatilla patens have alkaline soil and the other can grow in neutral soil.

I'm not convinced this applies in cultivation. It might prefer acid soil in the wild but does well on our limestone rock garden in a pH of 7.7.

[David Nicholson]

If, in my life-time, we ever get a run of more than one dry day at a time I've got lots of tidying up to do and wondered if now would be the right time to snip-off Pulsatilla vulgaris foliage please?

[krisderaeymaeker]

Stil great Pulsatillas in this topic.

Here a very late surprise .........Pulsatilla tatewaki .

[David Nicholson]

If, in my life-time, we ever get a run of more than one dry day at a time I've got lots of tidying up to do and wondered if now would be the right time to snip-off Pulsatilla vulgaris foliage please?

Not that it's stopped raining but any reply would be welcomed please.

[Maggi Young]

It's started raining here, David 

I wouldn't be inclined to cut off the old foliage yet - I think the old  thatch makes a sort of semi waterproof cover for any overwintering parts to give  some protection.  Mind you, perhaps if I lived in a wetter area I'd be more worried about new growths becoming rotten  with the wet 
Then again, unless you are very careful, it is very easy to damage new growths - or indeed cut them right off, if you are clumsy when  trimming  in spring. 
So, on balance, given my capacity to be careless, yes, I would trim them now.