Wood anemone and relatives

[Hoy]

Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa it is here - hvitveis in Norwegian) is one of my favorite plants. The wild ones start flowering late March/early April and continue through May.
In the garden I have several forms, here are three:

The light blue (or what you will call that color) is a seedling of A. nemorosa 'Robinsoniana' I think. It pops up many places in the garden. The cream yellow is a cross between nemorosa and ranunculoides. I had to buy a new one, the big clump I had was conquered by lesser celandine (a weed here). The yellow is A. ranunculoides, a Norwegian native though not common. I have three distinct types. They differ from nemorosa in color and in having more than one flower pr stem.

[Todd Boland]

I have several of these in my garden but alas, they are just starting to bud...the straight species is just about to open if we could get a sunny day.

[Hoy]

Anemone obtusifolia was new to me when I bought three small plants to try. They have behaved well and slowly increased.

[Todd Boland]

Trond, we seem to have the same Anemone....mine are just opened...A. ranunculoides, A. ranunculoides X nemorosa and A. nemorosa 'Robinsoniana'.

BTW, A. obtusiloba is delightful.  I've tried it from seed, but no luck.

[Hoy]

Trond, we seem to have the same Anemone....mine are just opened...A. ranunculoides, A. ranunculoides X nemorosa and A. nemorosa 'Robinsoniana'.

Interesting. Similar climate or same likings?

BTW, A. obtusiloba is delightful.  I've tried it from seed, but no luck.

I tried from seed too but had to buy plants.

[Lori S.]

It seems some of these will survive a wide range of climatic conditions, given that they can even be grown here.

Anemone obtusiloba is exquisite, especially the blue!  I read the glowing write-up in the Wrightman's catalogue, but with so many seedlings, I didn't make an order - now I regret it, seeing yours!

Here is Anemone trifoliata - very pristine white flowers:

[Hoy]

A. trifoliata is very pretty! I had a little colony but they have disappeared defeated by a rhododendron.

[WimB]

Some Anemone's flowering here during the last week:

Anemone nemorosa 'Vestal'
Anemone oppositifolia 'Yellow'

[Martin Tversted]

I just collected a wild A nemorosa with lilla/purple colors in the white. Very nice indeed.
Maybe a new cultivar?
Martin

[WimB]

I just collected a wild A nemorosa with lilla/purple colors in the white. Very nice indeed.
Maybe a new cultivar?
Martin

Martin,

do you have a picture of the flower? i'm curious.

I saw on your site you grow Drosera brevifolia. Is that species hardy for you?

[Martin Tversted]

I get some pix updated. But they are not good and the flowers are fading. Not the best time to transplant them.

No, brevifolia is an annual here as it is many places in nature.

Martin

[Hoy]

I just collected a wild A nemorosa with lilla/purple colors in the white. Very nice indeed.
Maybe a new cultivar?
Martin

A nemorosa with lilla/purple colors are not uncommon here. Some clones are more colored than other but often it is related to age of the flower. If your plant show the color from start of flowering then that would be nice.

[cohan]

Love all of these--especially the blue (lilac) and creamy yellow colours..
I sowed some nemorosa in '09 ( I think)..wonder if its time to give up hope of seeing anything?..lol of course nothing is doing anything for this year yet..

[Lori S.]

Anemone nemorosa 'Vestal', now in bloom:
   

A new little one planted last year, A. nemorosa 'Blue Eyes':

[Tim Ingram]

Our wood anemones are well over, especially with this dry spring, but they were superb in the local woods earlier on - very little variation, just occasionally one a little pinker on opening. However, I was given a very deep pink form, turning purple as it aged, by a customer years ago (we called it 'Westwell Pink' after the woods where it was found). It is strong growing but I think little different to quite a few other forms, just nice for its association with the area.

I grow a good number in the garden including that extraordinary 'Double White Blue Eyes' which I think Irish gardeners first grew. 'Robinsoniana' and 'Allenii' have long been favourites, as well as the beautiful cross between nemorosa and ranunculoides. There is not much I can find written about them but there is a good article in 'The Plantsman', Vol.3 (1981/2), pp.167-174, by Ulrich Toubøl where he speaks of quite significant variation in beech woods in Denmark and describes most of the well known varieties. I have visions of them carpeting under our rows of apple trees after the snowdrops and hellebores have finished and I also plant them around hostas which are so much later to come into growth and take over for the summer.