On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 22:42:30 +0000 (UTC), Franz Heymann wrote:

Hold it! A nemorosa is white-flowered. Or am I behind the
times?

You are behind the times. Martha Stewart announced that white
anemone nemorosa is passe and only pale pastel blue will do in
today's hard hitting dog eat dog world of finance and petty
dishonesty. Get with the program.

(To which the guru replies pastel plants for pastel people.)


Less jokingly: afaik, most A. nemorosa cultivars are pale blue.
Good whites are less common. There are a few pink- and
purple-tinged forms.

But what do I know? The plant isn't native here, and it may be
that bluish forms are rarer than white in the wild, hence favored
for bringing into gardens.


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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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