Anemone nemorosa
by Kathy Purdy on April 26, 2009
Planted the Anemone nemorosa that I bought at the Ithaca rock garden meeting. Pale lilac flowers.
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anemone,
Ithaca
Kathy Purdy discovered the joys of writing in fourth grade, when she started corresponding with a former classmate. She's been writing letters ever since, first on looseleaf, then electronically, and now as weblog entries. That makes you, the blog reader, her pen pal. Her first independent (though frustrating) attempts at gardening were made in high school, though the gardening bug didn't bite hard until her mid-thirties, when she found herself mistress of a rural home on 15 acres. •
USDA Hardiness Zone:4 • AHS Heat Zone: 3 • Location: rural;
Southern Tier of NY • Geographic type: foothills of Appalachian
Mountains • Soil Type: acid clay • Experience level:
intermediate
• Particular interests: colchicums, narcissus, cottage gardening, NY
native plants, gardening with/for children
They should look pretty together, if only my scheme comes off. Alas, how seldom do these little schemes come off. Something will go wrong; some puppy will bury a bone; some mouse will eat the bulbs; some mole will heave the daphnes and the lilac out of the ground. Still, no gardener would be a gardener if he did not live in hope.
Vita Sackville-West
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Is it the picture to the right ? .. That is one gorgeous flower ! I love the garden quote btw .. how true is that ? LOL
Joy, both the photos on the right, and the garden quotations rotate, so you will never see the same combination twice. I am glad you enjoy them both.