Anemonella thalictroides

[Anne Repnow]

This American woodland beauty deserves its own thread, I feel. There are so many varieties - surely other forum members cultivate it, too.

Photo 1: the "original"
Photo 2: Anemonella thalictroides 'Plena'

[Anne Repnow]

This half-filled pink variety ('XXL') is supposed to grow to a height of 40 cm - usually they don't grow higher than 25 cm.

[Jacek]

I have only the type species. Do the doubles/full bloom have a longer blooming time?

Nice plant, and - very important for me - tolerant of both the climate and my local conditions.

[Anne Repnow]

No, Jacek, there doesn't seem to be a difference. However, as there are side buds which open consecutively Anemonella blooms for about 2 months. Maybe the flowers of 'Shoaf's Double Pink' keep longer but sadly I do not have that plant (and cannot find a nursery in D or GB which sells it).

[fleurbleue]

You could find it here http://www.pitcairnalpines.co.uk

[arisaema]

The filled, sterile ones do seem to last a bit longer than the fertile doubles. The good thing about the fertile ones is that they reseed in the garden, and the seedlings are usually double too.

[Maggi Young]

You could find it here http://www.pitcairnalpines.co.uk

- and ordering  re-opens on the 1st April - best to be quick, in my experience!

[David Nicholson]

Lovely pictures folks, you obviously have the conditions to suit these little beauties Bolinopsis. I would like to give them a try but I struggle with Anemone nemorosa here and the only one that I have established has been 'Robinsoniana. I've bought a number of others with no success at all.

[Anne Repnow]

Thank you Fleurbleue and Maggi for the good advice - I'll just about manage to wait until April 1  ...

David, have you tried A. nemorosa 'Vestal'? I have found it to be very long-suffering and it bulked up quickly. However, not everyone likes filled flowers. Anyway, Anemonella is more of a Thalictrum than an Anemone, so maybe it will thrive in Devon after all?

[Anne Repnow]

Here is another one: Anemonella thalictroides 'Green Double'

[David Nicholson]

Yes, twice For the last two years I've bought a small selection together with my bulb orders and for some reason none of them have made it. They were planted in the shadiest part of my garden, north facing(ish) in a peaty, always moist soil. Think I must be fated?

[Anne Repnow]

Probably too moist, David  . Here A. nemorosa flowers in beech forests by the million. We have clay soils with a thin layer of leaf litter. You might try a dryer part of your garden in the semi-shade.

[David Nicholson]

Probably too moist, David  . Here A. nemorosa flowers in beech forests by the million. We have clay soils with a thin layer of leaf litter. You might try a dryer part of your garden in the semi-shade.

Ah! "Drier parts" are not easy to find here in South West England but I shall try. Credula diem, quam minimum credula podestro

[Anne Repnow]

 

[annew]

I bought an Anemonella single white today, because I was fascinated that it had green anthers (so easily parted from my money...). I wonder which other plants have chlorophyll in the anther/pollen and why?