About
This herbaceous perennial reaches a height of 10 cm. It features mid to dark green foliage, with each stem bearing up to nine leaves. In spring, it produces cup-shaped flowers that are mauve-pink, with as many as four blooms per stem.
About the genus
Anemonella consists of compact, tuberous perennials that form clumps. They feature finely divided, fern-like foliage and produce small clusters of cup-shaped blooms during the spring and early summer months.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Partial shade
- Soil type
- Loam
- Soil pH
- Acid, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- North-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H6
Plant details
- Plant type
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- Up to 10 cm
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- Cottage and informal garden, Rock garden
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in moist, moderately fertile, humus-rich soil in part shade. Tubers may rot in very wet soils
- Pruning
- No pruning required
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed sown in containers in a cold frame as soon as ripe. Divide young plants in early spring
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to slugs
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free