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Key characteristics

Family: Ranunculaceae
Height: 8 to 12 inches
Width: 8 to 12 inches
Flower color: Rich red to deep burgundy bell-shaped flowers with golden yellow centers
Foliage color: Finely divided soft green foliage with silky hairs
Bloom time: Mid spring
Light: Full sun to light partial shade
Water: Moderate
Maintenance: Low; avoid disturbance once established and remove spent blooms to encourage ornamental seed heads
Growing zone: USDA zones 4 to 8
Wildlife: Attracts bees and early season pollinators

Perennials

Pulsatilla vulgaris 'Red Bells'

Red Bells Pasque Flower

Pulsatilla vulgaris 'Red Bells' forms soft mounds of finely cut, silky green foliage that emerges in early spring, each leaf divided into narrow segments with a delicate texture. Soon after, nodding bell shaped flowers in deep wine red to burgundy rise above the leaves, their centers filled with golden stamens and surrounded by fine hairs that catch the light during mid to late spring bloom.

Light

Full sun to light partial shade

Water

Moderate

Bloom time

Mid spring

Find this plant

Works well in

Borders
Cottage Gardens
Pollinator Gardens
Rock Gardens
Containers

Companion plants

Ferns · Astilbes · Foxgloves · Bergenias · Sedums · Columbines

Design tip

The early flowers arrive when the garden is still waking up, so give it a spot you pass often in spring. Because it is easy about light, use it to carry a planting from a sunny end of the bed into the shadier side.