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Title: Pulsatilla 2023
Post by: kris on May 05, 2023, 12:56:34 AM
I can't resist but to start this thread with our beautiful prairie crocus Pulsatilla nuttalliana. This year they are plentiful thanks to last years average amount of rain
Title: Re: Pulsatilla 2023
Post by: Herman Mylemans on May 05, 2023, 09:42:11 AM
I can't resist but to start this thread with our beautiful prairie crocus Pulsatilla nuttalliana. This year they are plentiful thanks to last years average amount of rain
Kris,  it is very beautiful! It also seems to stay very compact 
Title: Re: Pulsatilla 2023
Post by: kris on May 07, 2023, 03:03:28 AM
Thanks Herman. Here is another beautiful pulsatilla I grow as Pulsatilla uralensis. I love the soft  yellow colour with very faint stripe of blue .
Title: Re: Pulsatilla 2023
Post by: Herman Mylemans on May 07, 2023, 07:25:58 AM
Thanks Herman. Here is another beautiful pulsatilla I grow as Pulsatilla uralensis. I love the soft  yellow colour with very faint stripe of blue .
Kris, indeed very beautiful, it looks like Pulsatilla albana.
Title: Re: Pulsatilla 2023
Post by: Pauli on May 07, 2023, 09:15:01 AM
Uraliensis is close to flavescens. So size of the flowers and a close look at the leaves are important!
Title: Re: Pulsatilla 2023
Post by: kris on May 07, 2023, 06:55:36 PM
Herman it is not P.albana. The flowers are larger in size. Like Pauli said this may be P.falvescens. I sowed both the seeds (P.flavescens and uraliensis) side by side in a bed and this is a seedling I got from that.
Title: Re: Pulsatilla 2023
Post by: Gail on May 10, 2023, 08:31:52 PM
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Pulsatilla tatewakii
Title: Re: Pulsatilla 2023
Post by: Gabriela on May 12, 2023, 01:35:11 PM
Beautiful Pulsatillas!

Kris - I would say your plant is P. flavescens. I have one young plant grown from wild coll. seeds and it looks just the same.

Title: Re: Pulsatilla 2023
Post by: Gabriela on May 12, 2023, 01:40:43 PM
I have a Pulsatilla which I call P. ex. styriaca -pink, which is actually not quite pink. Besides the color, it is in the habit of having  a second wave of flowers. Does anyone notice other Pulsatilla doing the same?
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And two hybrids obtained from seeds, most Pulsatilla will hybridize in the garden.
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Title: Re: Pulsatilla 2023
Post by: Pauli on May 12, 2023, 03:32:04 PM
Perhaps offspring of Mr Kummerts Hybrid "Pink Dream"
Title: Re: Pulsatilla 2023
Post by: Gabriela on May 13, 2023, 01:04:28 PM
Perhaps offspring of Mr Kummerts Hybrid "Pink Dream"

Thank you Pauli. I forgot to mention that mine was grown from seeds from a regular P. styriaca (reason why I call it ex. styriaca). It is also worth
mentioning that the person who gave me the initial seeds had no other Pulsatilla flowering at the same time. P. styriaca is among the first to flower here, especially in a location with a lot of spring sun.
So, this is the story. Another happy sowing accidents, plus the reflowering habit which is intriguing for me.
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