Botanical Name: Pulsatilla vulgaris
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Common Name: Pasque Flower  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Perennial

 

Height Range

Under 1'

 

Flower Color

Pink, Purple

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Grey Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Sun

Full, Half

 

Water

Medium

 

Growth Rate

Moderate

 

Soil Type

Clay, Loam

 

Soil Condition

Average, Rich, Well-drained, Dry

 

Soil pH

Neutral

 

Adverse Factors

n/a

Design Styles

English Cottage, Meadow, Ranch, Woodland

 

Accenting Features

Showy Flowers

 

Seasonal Interest

Spring

 

Location Uses

Perennial Border, Parking Strip, Patio, Walkways

 

Special Uses

Small Spaces

 

Attracts Wildlife

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

  • Notes

This is one of the most charming spring bloomers! From mid to late spring, downward-facing, mauve-pink bells with bright yellow stamens bloom before foliage emerges. As the flowering season nears an end, leaves emerge, a soft green to grey-green, deeply serrate, and slightly fuzzy. Unlike some spring bloomers, the foliage is attractive all summer. Flowers are followed by puffs of feathery seed heads which are quite showy. Use in perennial borders, parkstrips, along walk ways. Generally grows about 6 to 10 inches tall and wide.
Grow in well drained, sandy-loam to clay-loam soils in full sun to part shade. To enjoy the little seed heads, don't remove spent flowers.