Description: The Pasque Flower grows to be 3 to 6 inches high. It has a large pale lavendar flower with a yellow center disk that often blooms before there is any leaf growth in the spring. It prefers dry or mesic conditions, and is a great plant for sandy soil with good drainage. It does not do well with lots of other shade-producing vegetation or heavy grass competition. It does do well in a savanna-like system, with open oak shade.

Planting: Best propagated from seed and transplants. Transplants should first be grown in flats, and then moved to holding beds after about 12 weeks, when they are 3 to 4 inches high. They should be kept in the holding bed until that fall or early the following spring, and then they may be planted at your site.

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