Pulsatilla vulgaris
Pulsatilla vulgaris
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Pasque flowers are the perfect heralds of spring. Anemone-like blooms appear in March or April and are followed by fascinating little balls of fluffy seed, which are equal in beauty to the flowers. They do require full sun and perfect drainage so please plant accordingly.
P. vulgaris makes a lovely little tuffet with fern-like filigree leaves and silk hairs from which the mauve flowers emerge.
Distinctions: Winner of an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticulture Society; Plant of the Year 1996 in Germany.
Zones: 5 to 8
Family: Ranunculaceae
Type: HerbaceousPerennial
Height: 8 to 12 in.
Width: 8 to 12 in.
Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Conditions: Dry, Well-drained, Alkaline
Bloom Time: March to April
Bloom Color: mauve
Native Range: Europe, southwestern Asia
Image Credits:
- Image 1 (bloom) Daniel Ballmer, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
- Image 2 (bud) Uleli, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
- Image 3 (form) Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
- Image 4 (seed head) Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons