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Posted by
mantis__oh z6 OH (
My Page) on
Mon, Oct 1, 12 at 13:32
| Can't beat anemones for grace and spectacle.
White is Honorine Jobert and pink is Bressingham Glow:
A few weeks ago:
Closer view of rose:
My dog poses:
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RE: Wonderful Anemones
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| Wow, excellent. Thanks for sharing. Nice looking dog too. How tall are they? They don't look like they are as tall as some I have seen. Do you cut them back early in the season at all? Any blister beetle issues? |
RE: Wonderful Anemones
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| I'm envious! I've grown many varieties, though most all flower just tooo late and often don't get a chance to open a single bloom before frost, wintering hasn't been such a problem with just hilling them up with soil. Though, with good success, for years now, I've been growing 'Serenade', this early bloomer reliably starts in mid August here in my zone 3. Terrance |
RE: Wonderful Anemones
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| These are 2-3 feet tall. They are leaning a bit with the heavy bloom (and towards the sun). Some staking helps. Really bloom a long time, as they started in very early September. Loper thanks you for the compliment. |
RE: Wonderful Anemones
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| I can't get them to grow for me, but yours look very nice. Your doggy is a cutie, I like his doggy eyeliner. Karen |
RE: Wonderful Anemones
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| Very pretty. But I notice they are by themselves. As others have said, Anemone x hybrida cultivars can be very aggressive, once established. There is one in a perennial garden I have been maintaining for over ten years and it's the only plant there from before I took the garden over. It is invasive. The underground runners are particularly difficult to keep out of the shrubs. In addition, because the plant is the opposite of compact, it's difficult to stake. Maybe there are the modern cultivars which would not be runners here, but to date, I've never used it (or added it) in a perennial bed. On the other hand, as the pictures show, Anemone x hybrida cultivars are very pretty and they bloom at a very useful time. It's just that they're not team players! |
RE: Wonderful Anemones
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| SunnyBorders: What you say is very true. The anemones can be invasive, and they can be difficult to be stake. But they also can grow in somewhat difficult places--drier shade, for example, although I find that for maximum impact they do need water when they come into bloom. And the extra plants are much desired by my friends! As you also note, what is blooming at this time for weeks? |
RE: Wonderful Anemones
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| Mantis, I'd say that there's been more compliments about the Japanese anemone plant I was complaining about, that any other individual perennial in that particular garden. You're right. People love them! |
RE: Wonderful Anemones
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| I am surprised they need staking. Mine are growing in semi shade where you'd think they'd be a bit spindlier but they aren't. They stand up straight at about 3 feet even when soaked with rain. Maybe the ones in the photos have been fed and got a bit over lush? Although they spread a bit, I wouldn't describe them as 'invasive'. |
RE: Wonderful Anemones
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- Posted by mxk3 z5b/6 MI (My Page) on
Tue, Oct 2, 12 at 6:19
| Great pics! I adore Japanese anemones - they are joyous on a crisp clear blue fall day! I have Honorine Jobert and Pamina and Robustissima. Rob. is in drier shade, so he never really runs anywhere. |
RE: Wonderful Anemones
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| Yes I know these plants can be 'troublesome' but they are an important part of my fall garden. And it has been my limited experience that if one is attentive one can keep it from spreading. In any event they are 'keepers' for me. |
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| Sunnyborders wrote: Maybe there are the modern cultivars which would not be runners here, 'Sunny' as I probably mentioned in another thread I have 3 of the newer compact versions ("Pretty Lady Series"). It isnt clear if they are just small spreaders or actually non spreaders. Read the URL shown below and let me know what you think. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Pretty Lady
RE: Wonderful Anemones
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| (Stupid non-editing of posts) This very recent anemone cultivar "Wild Swan" (from England) looks so very promising i.e. earlier bloom time and able to play nice with its neighbours. I *think* I had read somewhere that it will be available in NAmerica in 2013. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Wild Swan
RE: Wonderful Anemones
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| That Pretty Lady series of Anemones looks wonderful. There is not much blooming here right now - a few reblooming irises, mums, rebloom on Arizona Sun Gaillardia and some blooms on my Cherokee Sunset Rudbeckia. A few of those Anemones would add much color to my fall beds. I'm going to be on the lookout for those now. Linda |
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| Mantis_oh, wonderful indeed! Bravo! I love fall anemones. How long did it take you to establish such a lush display? |
RE: Wonderful Anemones
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| While anemones are aggressive once established, I found that they can take a while to get established. This bunch is growing rapidly now (in a not very plant-friendly area that is dry and rather shady), but it took at least five to seven years to get that many. Also, while anemones are fairly drought tolerant, I have found that they need water especially just before and during bloom. If they dry out, the blossoms quickly show it. |
RE: Wonderful Anemones
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| UPDATE: I see that Monrovia in the States has the exclusive rights to "Wild Swan". (As well I see it is listed as a zone 6) |
Here is a link that might be useful: Monrovia's plant
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