Pulsatilla

I have only seen the blue and the red one.

Very pretty, I didn`t realise there were so many different ones...

Rubra and Pearl bells are very pretty, not seen them before

I saw them first on here and recognised them when I saw them. Knowing I had been successful in growing the blue one was a spur to buying the others. I intend to keep them in pots. I am going to turn an old cold frame in to an alpine house with a top but no sides unless the weather is really bad. I was at Lidl the other day and they were having what can only be described as a rummage sale. I got a second cold frame, which I have been too busy to erect as yet. Instead of the original price of around £25 I got it for £10. It does not have glass its only plastic but I don't think that will be a problem.

i bought a white one this year, lovely plants.

Like you, I only knew the blue one before I joined GoY. You certainly live and learn ( and buy ) here!
That's a lovely selection of a very pretty plant. Starting a collection?

Like others I had only seen the blue one, I love the foliage on these plants and its lovely to see the other colours.

Beautiful as they say 'you are never to old to learn', I had no idea there were colours other than blue and I am ancient. lol.

Thanks everybody I'm glad to share knowledge I aqcuired on this site with you. I think it was Hywel who opened my eyes to seeing that a blog on a subject often relays more information than individual photos. According to Wikipedia there are 33 species.

I have the purple and white one Gran. so pretty, I like the pearl bells one too! They seem to survive our winters.

I have mine in pots because they seem to like free draining soil. I like your white pulsatilla avatar.

Loving those red ones. Maybe that's why mine disappeared, not free draining enough!

That's great. I didn't know there were different ones. I've got the blue one (a few yrs old but never flowered lol) I will have to keep an eye for some others. Maybe they'll be more successful.

I didn't know that they were known as the 'Easter Flower', before, Sg...

I remember them from my grandad's garden...a very long time ago...

Aren't they lovely?

I love them , and I didn't know there were all these different coloured ones. I don't even remember where I got mine from! I've had it for years.

A lovely selection you have there S....it is quite amazing the information we pick up on here.
What I have found since joining is that there are certain plants that I have always said 'don't like that' 'won't have that in my garden' 'I'll never have one of those'...this has all fallen by the wayside since joining here!

S.gran, I had forgotten that my avatar was a potentilla Lol.

I hate losing plants but at the same time I love to be successful in growing them. When I bought my Blue Glucke I had already lost two in what I would have said were free draining sites. I bought two blue ones and I also bought two auriculas. I decided to put them all together in one pot because that was all I had at the time. I decided to leave the pulsatillas in their pots and repot them but it never happened.
In answer to a recent question a member advised someone to pot up a plant (I think it was a tomato) still in its pot - he used a bottomless large yoghourt carton - because the plant in question needed moisture at the roots but free draining soil at the top of the root. The bottomless pot allowed water to wash down in to the bottom of the pot and any excess could drain away. I am wondering if that is in part why I have been successful with the blue ones. They have been in the pot since April 2010 and are doing very well.

Grandmage I would not have recognised your avatar as a Pulsatilla if it had not been for GOY.