var. farrei. Flowering plant. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2012-04-27.

var. farrei. Flowers. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2012-04-27.

var. farrei. Flowering plant. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2012-04-27.

var. farrei. Flower. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2012-04-27.

ssp. grandis. Flowers and flowerbuds, no leaf yet. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2008-04-23.

Flower and flowerbud. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2008-04-18.

Flowerbuds, covered in hairs. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2007-03-27.

Plant in seed. Gothenburg bot.g., Sweden. Planted. 2005-06-03.

Peeking inside a flower that's just opening up. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-05-13.

Flowering plant in bright sunshine. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-05-10.

Flowers. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-05-10.

Flowering plant. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-05-10.

ssp. grandis. Flowers. No, I really couldn't resist taking lots of photos of the gorgeous pulsatillas, after our color-starved long Finnish winter. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-04-26.

ssp. grandis. Flowering plant. For size comparison, look at the dinky little Corydalis solida to the left of the pulsatilla. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-04-26.

ssp. grandis. Flowering plant. These flowers really are enormous. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-04-26.

Flower. Funny how the outsides of the petals are all fuzzy, no? Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-04-26.

Flowering plant. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-04-26.

ssp. grandis. A closer look at a flower, just opening up. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-04-17.

ssp. grandis. Flower opening up, side view. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-04-17.

ssp. grandis. One flower and lots of flowerbuds. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2005-04-17.

var. grandis. Flowers. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2003-05-09.

var. grandis. Flowering plant. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2003-05-09.

Flowering plant, going to seed. München bot.g, Germany. Planted. 2000-04-16.

Flowers. München bot.g, Germany. Planted. 2000-04-16.

Flowering plant. München bot.g, Germany. Planted. 2000-04-16.