FLORAL CLIPART

ANEMONES (WINDFLOWERS):

I had only grown the St. Brigid anemones until I planted a pink Japonica one. I wasn't at all familiar with

them and when it didn't bloom and summer was fading into fall, I thought it wasn't going to flower. Then,

much to my surprise and delight, a tall flower stalk came up and bore the most beautiful, delicate pink

blossom, very, very different from the St. Brigid's. I'll put the St. Brigid's toward the bottom of the page

as it's the taller Japonicas that I've fallen in love with.

Below are wild anemones in the woodlands...

And probably the most famous painting of anemones, a wind-blown young woman picking them in a field:

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