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| Adonis
vernalis is a spring flowering perennial with fern like
foliage, and cup shaped
yellow flowers two to three inches across.
Grow in well drained
fertile alkaline soil in full sun.
It is prone to damage from
slugs, but is hardy. |
| Adonis is
named from the Greek myth of Adonis, who was the
young lover of Aphrodite. He was gored by a wild
boar in the hunt and died in Aphrodite's arms, who
came to him when she heard his groans. When he died
she sprinkled the blood with nectar, and the
short-lived anemone, which takes its name from the
wind which so easily makes it fall, was produced. |
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there has been understandable confusion between
anemones and what is now called adonis, many of both
being bright red - though not the Adonis vernalis
featured here. |
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