By their very name, Anemone blanda may not be tasty to mice @B3! The bulbs are small, black and not fleshy (they look like you might have a pet sheep!) so not an obviously tempting food possibility. There are blue, purple and white varieties, so not too garish! I'm with you though @Fairygirl, bright brash tulips to celebrate the end of dark gloomy winter days!
Yes, I got the pun @Plantminded! But you know how some Latin names you pick up the meaning of as you go along? I'd never thought about what 'blanda' might mean, so I had a peek. I was amused really by the various meanings, none of which explain the attraction to mice. Great little flowers though!
If you want an early spring display then alliums wouldn't fit the bill, @B3 - but I'm planning to pot up some of my garlic chives in the spring, and grow them in a pot by the back door where I can a) pick the odd leaf without getting wet feet, and b) enjoy the really lovely scent of the white flowers in late summer. Not a hint of garlic in the flower scent, just vanilla-y loveliness.
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Various words came up.
'Charming, pleasing, caressing(?), enchanting, mild'
But you know how some Latin names you pick up the meaning of as you go along? I'd never thought about what 'blanda' might mean, so I had a peek. I was amused really by the various meanings, none of which explain the attraction to mice.
Great little flowers though!