"Rodger Whitlock" wrote in
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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.

Well, the only ones I have ever seen are the wild
windflowers and wood anemones, which are white A nemorosa.
I am not aware of any cultivated cqrieties , so I must be
out of date.

Franz