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I am always looking for hairy plants because they are photogenic. I saw this online, but there is no information at all.

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  • I'm guessing the photographer has a big sheet of green material to use as the background. It's a good "dodge" when you can't arrange for a good blurred background. – Boba Fit Mar 13 '23 at 14:45

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That's a Pasqueflower, probably the species known botanically as Pulsatilla vulgaris. Pasqueflowers are low-growing plants (maybe 10-12 inches tall) that bloom in May in zone 5 (US). They're hardy to US Zone 4 at least and long-lived. They have rather showy feathery seedheads and have blue, white, or red flowers.

There are other even hairier species; for example, (Pulsatilla ambiqua, is the same size as P. vulgaris but blooms a couple weeks earlier, and when in bud and just breaking into bloom kind of resembles a hairier version of the plant Audrey in the film "Little Shop of Horrors". Without the teeth, of course.

P. vulgaris Pulsatilla vulgaris

P. ambigua Pulsatilla ambigua

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  • Thanks. It appears to be a bulb that requires cold to be a perrenial. So, I will have to grow it as an annual where I am (zone 10). I can buy them right now at High Country Gardens online. – Mattman944 Mar 12 '23 at 08:42
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    It's not a bulb actually, but a rooted perennial. Note that it will require good drainage during (I assume) the autumn through spring period when you'll have it in the garden or container. If you have a spare refrigerator (small dorm fridges work well) and want to try an experiment, you could keep a plant in a container and put it in the fridge in mid-Spring to try to induce dormancy. You'd need to water it infrequently to keep the soil just moist, not wet. – Jurp Mar 12 '23 at 12:12
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    They will also slowly self seed if they like the area – kevinskio Mar 12 '23 at 12:52