Pulsatilla patens

[Cephalotus]

Hello everyone,
for the beginning I would like to thank you all. Thanks to you I have found many new species and not only for me but for my aunt too. I already got Pulsatilla pratensis, Pulsatilla vernalis, Pulsatilla slavica, Iris aphylla and Hellebotus purpurascens.

There are only two species I concentrate on now. Gladiolus palustris and Pulsatilla patens.

I have found one place, one person that has G. palustris and I do not worry about this species for now. The problem is with Pulsatilla patens. This one is really problematic. No one grows it, no one sells it. I almost lost all hope. You are my only chance for this plant. I am ready to give 15 Euro for a young plant. Does anyone know where I could get this plant, know anybody who grows it? I would be really thankful for any help, contact, e-mail or plant. Thank you in advance.

[Lesley Cox]

I have about 6 plants, all smallish so I don't want to part with any at present but if and when they produce seed you are welcome to some. Assuming, that is, we are talking about the same plant. Mine have rather fern or carrot-like foliage, lvery small and neat and lighter green than P. vulgaris, and the flowers are a soft lemon yellow, backed with grey/blue.

[Susan Band]

You can get seed of the American form from Northwest native seed (on links page) or Alplains. www.alplains.comThis is the ice blue form from Colorado, what I think of as the Ameican equivilent of Pulsatilla vernalis. I however never managed to get it very far, although the seed germinates they usually are dead even before I prick them out, I had better look and see what has happened to this years batch  
I think what you have Lesley is Pulsitilla flavescens, occasionally listed as P. patens flavescens.
Amazing 20 years and I am still ordering it

[Katherine J]

Hello,
Pulsatilla patens is native here, but is very rare, and according to this, it is protected.
Well, I have seen it only on photo. It differs from other Pulsatillas (known by me) in it's leaves, which are not pinnately but palmately lobed. They say it occurs on very sandy soils.

I looked at the hungarian nurseries now, but they don't have it. Sorry.

[art600]

Hello,
Pulsatilla patens is native here, but is very rare, and according to this, it is protected.
Well, I have seen it only on photo. It differs from other Pulsatillas (known by me) in it's leaves, which are not pinnately but palmately lobed. They say it occurs on very sandy soils.

Katherine
Did you mean Pulsatilla pratensis?  When I googled P. patens it came up with a North American plant.

[Olga Bondareva]

It is native here to. I grew it from seed from nature. Now I have a lot of my own seed. What a pity we are so far.

P. patens blooms very early, with crocuses. Leaves appear after blooming.

Across Urals P. patens become variable. Our botanists consider sometimes P. flavescens and P. multifida are subspecies of P. patens.

[Olga Bondareva]

art600

P. patens grows in temperate zone of northern hemisphere. In Europe, Asia and America to.

[art600]

You should try this link to see an outstanding picture of this Pulsatilla

http://www.photographersdirect.com/buyers/stockphoto.asp?imageid=1084297

[art600]

Olga

Thanks for the info.  Googling is not always easy

[Olga Bondareva]

Arthur

Welcome!


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[Olga Bondareva]

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[Susan Band]

Olga,
What a lot of lovely pulsatillas you have. Are they all growing in your garden? If so you do really well with them.
Susan

[Olga Bondareva]

Susan
Thanks.

Yes all of them are growing in my garden. I like pulsatillas very much! I have about 30 species and cultivars and I am going to collect all kinds I can.

[Maggi Young]

Krzysztof: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!


Olga, lovely pulsatillas and lovely photos!

[Katherine J]

Beautiful pictures, Olga. Sorry if you had told this before, what camera do you have?