Are you looking for an early-blooming perennial for full sun and well-drained soil? Here's a great candidate,
Pulsatilla vulgaris, the pasque flower.
The 4-inch blooms are jewel toned, in purple or dark red, perfect for pairing with the pastels of tulips.
Pulsatilla vulgaris forms well-behaved clumps with attractive, silky foliage, which is not preferred by deer and rabbits.
After the April to May blooms fade, it forms attractive seed heads.
Unlike many early blooming perennials, it is not ephemeral, so there's no worry about an unsightly gap in the border.
Pulsatilla requires no special feeding, is not plagued by pests, and is an easy care, no worry plant for Zones 4 to 8. Give it a try. I bet you can grow it.
This post is part of Garden Bloggers' You Can Grow That! day started by C. L. Fornari at
Whole Life Gardening.
5 comments:
It looks similar to a Geum species.
The Pasque Flower has something mysterious and almost liquid about the way it grows. I am a fan. I only wish it liked growing in hot, dry areas like mine. Oh well, at least I can admire it through your lovely photos. Thanks!
Greggo - I have Geum triflorum growing at the opposite end of the bed as a sort of echo of the Pulsatilla. To make the picture perfect, I should get some of the dark red Pulsatilla to match the prairie smoke.
Jane Gates - Pulsatilla is remarkably drought-tolerant in my Zone 5 garden, but it rarely gets over 100F here.
I've had the purple ones and a red one for several years now. They're one of my favorite and earliest spring blooming perennials. But I've never had 4" blooms! What's in that soil of yours?!
That is a lovely flower....
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