Quackin Grass Nursery

Pulsatilla vulgaris - Big showy Easter egg-purple chalices arise in April over attractive dark green deeply cut, almost ferny leaves. New growth is notably covered with silvery hairs, especially noticeable when the filaments glow incandescent having caught the sunlight like fiber optic filaments. It's simply beautiful and continues to be attractive after flowering. Seed heads turn dark olive green standing above the foliage mound resembling some Clematis seed heads or even sea anemones. The seed heads dance in summer breezes for a very long time. Looking a whole lot like P. vulgaris we suspect that it may just be that... certainly RHS indicates the name Pulsatilla turkestanica "is not found in literature". This plant originated with Seneca Hill Perennials; Ellen's information is usually quite sound but we duly question the validity of this categorization. Pulsatilla vulgaris originates in grasslands and into lightly forested areas in France, England west to the Ukraine. Full blazing sun in well-drained sand-scrabble mix with 20 to 30% good soil... add a little dolomitic limestone, sit back and enjoy. Plant it in too heavy a mix and it will rot. Plant it in a rut and it will rot. If happy it may occasionally self-sow... it does for us. Established pot grown Pasque Flower from division or seed.