(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v172/Berghill/March/pusatillagrandis001a.jpg)
Pulsatilla grandis, also known as Pasque Flower because it is supposed to flower at Easter. This is a form found in Austria. The native British type is a lot more purple than this. There is a bluer form called 'Budapest' but it is not that easy to get hold of.
Lovely photo Eric. The Pasque Flower is the county flower of Hertfordshire (where I live). I downloaded this photo from a website that lists county flowers (introduced from an A4A'er if I remember). It is framed and now graces my bedroom wall :)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v168/gardengirl2004/CountyflowerPasqueflowerpulsatillavulgaris.bmp)
They are beeeeeeeeeeutiful aren't they. So soft and delicate looking.
Eric, my seed grown ones from last year...how long before I can expect a flower...or should they be in flower now!!!???
Next year at the earliest from seed.