"Janet Galpin and Oliver Patterson"
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On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 22:42:30 +0000 (UTC), Franz
Heymann
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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out of date.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

Roger is right about bluish forms, but they are a very
pale blue, not at
all like the bright blue of Anemone blanda. There are two
quite commonly
available bluish varieties, both of which are quite
vigorous: A.
nemorosa 'Robinsoniana' and A. nemorosa 'Allenii'.
However, I wouldn't say there are more blue cultivars than
white; there
are some quite large-flowered white forms available as
cultivars too
and, of course, the species itself which is an excellent
plant in its
own right.

That's interesting. Thanks for confirming what Roger said..
I, too, like the ordinary white form, and have a smallpatch
of them under a tree.

Franz