About
This robust herbaceous perennial typically reaches a height of around 1 meter and features dark green leaves that are divided into three lobes. From late summer into late autumn, it produces sizable semi-double flowers in a rose-pink hue, measuring up to 7 centimeters wide, each adorned with a cluster of yellow stamens at its center.
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
- Full sun, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- East-facing, North-facing, South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H7
Plant details
- Plant type
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Habit
- Clump forming
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 1-1.5 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Coastal, Cottage and informal garden, Wildlife gardens
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Will grow in any garden soil but avoid excessive winter wet, dislikes being moved around. Can spread rapidly once established and has the potential to become a nuisance. See anemone cultivation
- Pruning
- Cut back old stems after flowering
- Propagation
- Propagate by division and root cuttings
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to leaf and bud eelworm, caterpillars and slugs
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to Powdery mildews and Anemone smuts