About
This perennial reaches a height of up to 15 cm and spreads through slender rhizomes. It features finely dissected, mid-green leaves along its stems and at the base, and it blooms with large, creamy-white flowers in early spring.
About the genus
Anemone consists of herbaceous perennials characterized by their fibrous, rhizomatous, or tuberous root systems. The leaves are palmately lobed, and the flowers typically take the form of saucers, each usually featuring five petals.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Partial shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H5
Plant details
- Plant type
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Habit
- Clump forming
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- Cottage and informal garden, Rock garden, Wildflower meadow
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in moist but well-drained humus-rich soil in part shade. Drier conditions are tolerated when dormant in summer. See anemone cultivation
- Pruning
- No pruning required
- Propagation
- Propagate by division in summer when the foliage has died back
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to leaf eelworm and damage from caterpillars and slugs
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to powdery mildews