I have a very nice form of Anemone apennina with clear pink flowers and beet-red foliage when young. This plant came to me from the Potterton & Martin nursery in England (now Potterton's) about 15 years ago as 'Alba'. 'Alba' is, however, universally described as white with a blue flush on the outside of the petals, including that currently offered by Potterton's. I do not have any record of the catalogue description for the plant I received, hence do not know if they described it as pink or as white with blue reverse. A web search, including the current Potterton's website, has revealed no pink form of Anemone apennina. It's definitely not a form of Anemone blanda masquerading as A. apennina. It's a very good grower, having survived all these years in the duff under an Alberta blue spruce and multiplied reasonably well, though it has never flowered profusely. Presumably its growing conditions are not conducive to flowering. Does this excellent little anemone have a cultivar name? Does anyone else grow it? Does anyone know its history? PS: checking my library, I find that Patrick Synge says in "Collins Guide to Bulbs" that pink forms are known of Anemone apennina. Roy Genders refers to a mauve-pink form, 'purpurea', but mine is a clear pink with no trace of mauve to it. Brian Mathew in both "Dwarf Bulbs" and "The Smaller Bulbs" refers to "pinkish" forms; there's no -ish about mine. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate on beautiful Vancouver Island