Other common names
April fools, badgers, blue money, blue tulip, cat's eyes, Coventry bells, Dane's blood, Dane's flower, dream herb, Easter flower, flaw flower, flower of the wind, gosling, hart's horn plant, headache plant, lion's beard, mayflower, meadow anemone, passeflower, prairie smoke, rock lily
Synonyms
Anemone pulsatilla
Alpine Rockery
A perennial to 20cm, forming a clump of finely dissected basal leaves, silky when young. Upright to nodding violet-purple flowers to around 5-9cm in width in spring are followed by silky fruiting heads in summer
Position
Full sun
Soil Types
Chalk, Loam, Sand
Max Height
0.1-0.5 metres
Max Spread
0.1-0.5 metres