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General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: Anne Repnow on March 27, 2014, 06:49:33 PM
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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'
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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.
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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.
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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).
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You could find it here http://www.pitcairnalpines.co.uk (http://www.pitcairnalpines.co.uk)
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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.
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You could find it here http://www.pitcairnalpines.co.uk (http://www.pitcairnalpines.co.uk)
- and ordering re-opens on the 1st April - best to be quick, in my experience!
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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.
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Thank you Fleurbleue and Maggi for the good advice - I'll just about manage to wait until April 1 ;D...
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?
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Here is another one: Anemonella thalictroides 'Green Double'
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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?
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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.
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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 ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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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?
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Interesting question... Are the whole anthers of your plant green, Anne? Because my white double has green .... what do you call the bits where the pollen sits? (Photo 1) But as the pollen ripens they become yellow. Have you got a photo of your plant?
Photo 2 shows another cultivar: 'Cameo' in light pink
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I have a photo somewhere... It is probably like yours, the pollen would be yellow.
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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.
My recollection is that the blue forms were more common in the wild is the south west, but don't remember where I got this information.
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Anemonella thalictroides 'Shoaf's Double' is flowering
I don´t know if the posting is right here.
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Anemonella thalictroides 'Shoaf's Double' is flowering
I don´t know if the posting is right here.
Patrick, that is early!
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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?
That's funny - A. nemorosa grows wild in Devon and does very well for me here in N Wales which is if anything wetter! I don't think it would really like peat though - wild populations are generally in leafy soil, often slightly alkaline. I don't think shade is all that important, just give them sun or dappled shade, and well drained soil. They look great with primroses or Erythronium.
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I was so young then!
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That's funny - A. nemorosa grows wild in Devon and does very well for me here in N Wales which is if anything wetter! I don't think it would really like peat though - wild populations are generally in leafy soil, often slightly alkaline. I don't think shade is all that important, just give them sun or dappled shade, and well drained soil. They look great with primroses or Erythronium.
Anemone nemoroasa types do well here in Aberdeen - but forms of Anemonella thalictroides are a different matter- very easy to lose them.
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Anemone nemoroasa types do well here in Aberdeen - but forms of Anemonella thalictroides are a different matter- very easy to lose them.
Maggi, what do you think, why du you loose tem? Too wet in winter?
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Anemonella thalictroides Shiozaki flowering for the first time for me. Don't think I'll risk this in the garden.
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Maggi, what do you think, why du you loose tem? Too wet in winter?
Could be - or even too wet in summer. Perhaps it's time to try again.
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Could be both, too wet winter and too wet summer. In the wild here, they grow in leaf duff (doesn't seem to matter what kind of deciduous trees), but are pretty tolerant of heavier soil if drainage is good. In the wild they go summer dormant, but in the garden with ample moisture they may stay active for most the summer.
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Anemonella thalictroides ‘Betty Blake’
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Anemonella thalictroides ‘Green Hurricane’
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Anemonella thalictroides ‘Kikusaki White’
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Anemonella thalictroides 'Charlotte'
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Anemonella thalictroides ‘Cameo’
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Anemonella thalictroides Not sure what the correct version of the name is ? Schoaf's Double?
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