Question
Hello Sijka,

I saw a flower  I'd never seen before in an English garden earlier this year.  It's beautiful and I'd like to know what it is.  Each flower was on a single long smooth stem.  The leaves were rather thick and waxy, rather small and with lots of serrations.  There was only a single layer of petals, and it looked as if when the petals fell off that it left a round pod behind at the top of the stem.  The pods have a flat ribbed part, like a cap sitting on top, what used to be the center of the flower.  The color of the leaves, stems and pods is a slightly greyish light green.  The flower petals were pink.  I have a very nice photo of the flower but don't know how to  attach it here.
Can you help me with just this poor description?
Regards,
Liz Gillis


Answer
Liz,
 It could be a type of anenome.  Take the picture to your county extension office, there is usually a Master Gardener there one of the days of the week.
 Or...go to a big book store and find the Flower Encyclopedia and just start looking--I've done that many times!

Sijka