Patience is a good thing

Patience is something that I'm pretty good at when it comes to animals and children, however when it comes to plants, I'm not always so good. This past spring however, a slew of plants that I put in last year have helped me in this regard, though. The one that comes most to mind is Anemonella thalictroides 'Cameo' (Asiatica Nursery). I bought one plant for more money than seemed anywhere near reasonable to spend on what at the time was an empty pot and a plant tag promising both delicate (pale shell pink  petals)  and exotic (half the tag was written in Japanese) blooms. I guess from the tag I thought that the flowers were going to be at least nickel-size and maybe bigger. I'd seen A. t. 'Schoaf's Double Pink' in bloom at the New England Wildflower Society's Garden in the Woods and its flowers were plentiful and the size of at least a quarter. When A. t. 'Cameo' finally leafed out, I first thought the teeny, tiny flowers had fallen from a neighboring maple. Once on my knees to inspecting them, however, I realized they were blossoms of 'Cameo'. Wow, these little things were maybe the size of 1/4 of a dime...tiny. Buyer beware! But, they were doubled and pale pink. Pretty...under a microscope.

Fast forward three weeks, 'Cameo' is still flowering away with blooms at least a centimeter in diameter and lots of them. A lush burgundy heuchera leaf nearby and a late-blooming plum-colored hellebore are accented beautifully by the pale pink blossoms. I now feel badly that I ever bad-mouthed 'Cameo' to anyone (although I really only complained to about five people). Next time, I'll wait at least four weeks before complaining...

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:43:55 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)    Comments [0]