Blue Wood Anemones
by Martin Howard
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Blue Wood Anemones
Artist
Martin Howard
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One of the first wild flowers to appear in the spring is the wood anemone. They are native to Europe although I had never seen or heard of them before I moved to Sweden. Apparently, they come in several colours, but the only two colours I have seen are white and blue. The white version is most common and I have many growing in my garden. The blue wood anemone seen here does seem to hold itself more to woodland as it's name suggests. I had to walk quite a long way into the forest to find these, but they were worth the walk and all the more special because they were harder to find. Wood anemones are a perennial which spreads itself by underground rhizomes instead of seeds which is why it grows in clumps and after many years can carpet large areas. During the summer, the leaves die back and the plant becomes dormant until next spring. That's why I welcome them growing in my lawn.
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