Pulsatilla
Pasque flower
- Height × spread
- 0.2m – 0.3m × 0.2m – 0.4m
- Position
- Full sun
Availability
Generally available in Spring
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About this plant
The pasque flowers are small plants that produce flowers of great beauty in spring. The flowers are cupped and in shades of white, purple, red and blue. They have a satiny, often ethereal look. The plants are soft green and the foliage is silvery haired. The flowers are followed by fluffy seed heads. In summer the plant settles to a mounded clump of dissected leaves, a quiet presence in the garden.
- Flower colour
- Blue, Grey, Pink, Purple, Red, White, Yellow
- Foliage colour
- Green, Grey
- Fruit colour
- Silver, White
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Cube, Dome
- Height
- 0.2m – 0.3m
- Spread
- 0.2m – 0.4m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Summer
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Seaside garden, Rock garden, Gravel garden, Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal), Poor soil
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil, Dry soil
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Maintenance
- Some varieties are easycare (low/no maintenance)
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water in dry periods
Established plants in the ground can cope with 7-10 days of dryness, and shrubs often manage 2 to 3 weeks. Water one section of the garden thoroughly each day rather than a little everywhere. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather.
Found in
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