One of the flowers that proves to me that spring has really started is the anemone. A flower from the ranunculus family, and it shows when you put both flowers side by side.
I love ranunculus, but even more so anemones. Tiny flowers with single leaves. They exist in red and blue. But my favourite are the delicate light-coloured anemones. White with some pink or light blue. Like this anemone. They often have a dark centre and dark stamens, although other colours certainly occur. This one has a blue bulb with pistils, surrounded by light yellow and light blue stamens. A nice focal point amidst the delicate light-coloured bracts.
The story goes that the anemone was named after a Greek nymph Anemona, who lived in the court of goddess Flora. Or that the name comes from the name Adonis from whose blood flowers grew. Whatever the reality, for me it is above all a beautiful light spring flower. One of the most beautiful I know.
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