The wood anemones are blooming everywhere in our garden right now, in drifts of soft pink, baby blue, and white. This little anemone stands out by its soft yellow flowers; it is a naturally occurring hybrid between a white wood anemone (Anemone nemerosa) and the bright yellow Anemone ranunculoides (the buttercup anemone). This hybrid is called either Anemone lipsiensis or Anemone x seemanii. It gets the yellow flowers from ranunculoides, and lower plant stature (four inches) from nemerosa; a nice combination.
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After just two posts on Anemones, I'm already out of sequence. The Anemone Canadensis in the first photo bloomed in late spring. This Anemone was the second one to bloom after the early Anemone Sylvestris. At first glance I thought the second two photos were of the first plant but the flowers look different. The leaves have the same palmate characteristic so I thought they were the same plant but I'll have to do more checking to be sure. . . .
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This is the first large anemone to bloom in our garden. The flowers started to open in early August. The stems are dark purple and has whitish fuzz especially near the flower and buds, thus the name tomentosa. It is one of the hardier varieties of anemones and the abundant stamens give it an unusual look and interest.
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During my first few weeks of college at the University of Dayton, I befriended a smart, feisty girl from Youngstown. Jessica and I had a lot in common: A love of good music, blue-collar roots and a strong sense of ethics, an appreciation for literature and cooking, enthusiasm for sports, and so on. 13 years and many lifetime landmarks later, I am proud that I can count Jess among my best friends. She probably knows me better than anyone else on this earth, and trust me when I say that it reflects very well on me that she still grants me the honor of her friendship. . . .
Anemone nemerosa, the European wood anemone, comes in a dizzying variety of different flower forms and colors; apparently the species is quite adept at genetic variation. In northern Europe, collecting these different varieties is quite popular, but unfortunately only a small number are available commercially in this country. Americans mainly like their flowers big and splashy, and these subtle little (4 inch tall) plants easily get lost. I planned to do a pictorial feature on the varieties we grow in our garden, but the severe freeze we just went through, damaged them. The above picture is of Anemone nemerosa Stammerberg; it also shows a little freeze damage, but I still thought I'd show it, as it is so... well, odd. . . .
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Anemone, anemone, anemone and one more time, anemone! I thought I could pass by posting about the Japanese anemones in my garden this year, but you must realize you are sitting in the middle of my ga
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Japanese Anemone Anemone x hybrid 'Honorine Jobert' (uh-NEM-oh-nee)
This is an old very hardy cultivar of Japanese Anemone. My clump has slowly spread under a large crabapple in a part sun area. I love this plant because not much seems to affect the foliage during the season and it blooms just when you need it the most. The plants are a bit on the tall side but don’t need staking. They look nice mixed with some dwarf Asters. . . .
As I did my Sunday morning sorting and saving of photos, I found a photo I had missed in my previous editing. It is a Chinese Anemone on display at a local flower show. The show is inside the Boone Mall underneath the skylights of center court. As I recall, there wasn't direct sunlight, but more of a flat haze. I used my Nikon 105mm macro lens. The camera's aperature was f4 and I handheld it at a shutter speed of 1/30 second. Except for a normal curve adjustment and sharpening in Photoshop (I don't like the camera to sharpen my images), this is a straight forward photo. I find using a limited depth of field aids in not only ridding the image of background clutter, but adds a painterly effect.
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My first flowering Anemone De Caen Hollandia.The bud must have unfurled itself overnight in the darkness.It looks like a little mosaic in the centre of the bowl.
The blue ones are not quite ready yet.the plants have recovered from the heat of yesterday and it rained briefly this morning.It's still forecast to be hot untill Tuesday.
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On a gray, chilly, windy day, the geese are having a honkfest up and down the valley; while most of the garden still slumbers, here and there, flowers are just starting to open, like this little wood anemone, which is spreading into quite a patch.
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March has been a bust; well-below normal temperatures (15 days in a row of temperatures below the norm), with day after day of cold, dry, cloudy weather. We have been marooned between spring and winter, in sprinter. Finally this afternoon the sun came out, and the temperature edged above fifty degrees. The bees reappeared, so eager that they seemed to hardly alight on a squill or a crocus, before they were off again to the next bloom. Many small plants raised their faces in wonder at this strange light in the sky... hopefully tomorrow they'll hear their first thunder. Above is Anemone nemerosa, nestled under an azalea.
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Windflowers are blooming in our workplace arboretum. They have spread over the years through the spotty grass beneath the trees and have become a carpet of clear blue and white, reflecting a spring sky through winter-bare limbs.
The Grecian windflower, Anemone blanda, is one of those small flowers with a big personality. . .
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The garden is starting to come alive with all the springtime bulbs. They are relatively small so far this year, but that's to be expected during their first couple seasons.
I hope she's right about the groundhog being wrong!
More flowers are starting to bloom in the garden (of course, the flowers in the photo are on the patio). I have a few crocus and some anemones. I am still waiting for the hyacinth to bloom, but we are getting closer. We also planted seeds for our vegetable garden (tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, peppers and melons), and have the starters inside downstairs.
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