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General Subjects => Plants Wanted Or For Exchange => Topic started by: Gerry on April 18, 2008, 02:31:43 PM

Title: double anemone blanda
Post by: Gerry on April 18, 2008, 02:31:43 PM

Hi,

I'm looking for a source of fully double blanda. I have appenina plena, mentioned in 'My Garden in Spring'. Bowles thought that double Blanda was the better plant.

Anyone know of a source?

Gerry Parker
Durham,
English Borders

Title: Re: double anemone blanda
Post by: Maggi Young on April 18, 2008, 09:30:59 PM

Hello, Gerry, welcome to the Forum!
I can't help you.... don't have a double A. blanda.... but I rather think there will be others around here who do.......  ???

Title: Re: double anemone blanda
Post by: Paul T on April 18, 2008, 11:44:18 PM

I didn't even know there WAS a double A. blanda.  Never heard of it before.  Does that mean all the stamens etc have converted to petals?

Title: Re: double anemone blanda
Post by: Gerry on April 19, 2008, 09:15:23 AM

Hi Paul

Yes; it sounds like they did. Bowles said that there were two forms - dark and light. He thought that double appenina was 'a poor thin thing compared with the double blanda'. So they must be good because I have double appenina which is a nice wee thing.

'My garden in spring' was published in 1914. Its possible that double appenina has died out. I hope note.


Gerry

Title: Re: double anemone blanda
Post by: Gerry on April 19, 2008, 03:08:51 PM

whoops. Of course the last bit should have read 'its possible that double blanda has died out. I hope not.

Title: Re: double anemone blanda
Post by: Gerry on April 20, 2008, 07:07:10 PM

Well folks; it looks like they did die out. Or does someone out there know different?


Gerry

Title: Re: double anemone blanda
Post by: ArneM on April 21, 2008, 03:57:23 PM

On Saturday I saw a double form of one of them but I am not quite sure whether it was appenina or blanda. I think it was blanda. The problem they grew in a park. So no way to get them.

Title: Re: double anemone blanda
Post by: Gerry on April 21, 2008, 04:12:01 PM

Hi Arne

Can you go at night with a torch; or let me know where the park is - and I'll go! ;D

Gerry

Title: Re: double anemone blanda
Post by: ArneM on April 21, 2008, 04:42:39 PM

It is a private and bounded park but you can try to get in...  ;D

Title: Re: double anemone blanda
Post by: ArneM on May 02, 2008, 09:15:29 AM

Ok, it was just a double appenina but it is nice, too.

The picture was taken by Iris Ney at the Arboretum Park Härle in Bonn. Best regards and thanks to her.

Title: Re: double anemone blanda
Post by: Gerry on April 06, 2011, 12:22:06 PM

After three years I thought I'd raise this again. Anyone seen a double from of A blanda? :D