Very posh name: A. x hybrida, or as you and I know it Japanese Anemone. I've always liked these anemones with their large green leaves and nodding pink flowers on furry stems and am particularly exited by ours as it's the first year they've flowered - this is their third year having been uprooted from my father-in-law's garden in Norfolk. Family: Ranunclulaceae. (Go on I dare you to try and pronounce it!)
Position: Moist, fertile soil in sun or partial shade.
Flowers: Late summer/autumn. Ours have just flowered and there more buds being formed.
Dimensions: 150cm high and 50-60cm wide. Opinion seems to vary depending on what book you're reading, but they will be tall.
Habit: Erect branching perennial. They will spread and can become a bit of a nuisance if you don't keep on top of them.
Care: I leave them to their own devices until they become too invasive. They don't like their roots being disturbed so they may take some time to recover if you move them.
Pruning: Will die back to ground level each year, but leaves may die and become brown and dry, so these can be removed when necessary.
Propagation: From seed in autumn or early winter or division in spring.
Distribution: Garden origin.
Key:
Bold/italics = the official line
Everything else = my slanderous jabbering
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Worth mentioning that it's their 3rd year in their current location - they were actually taken from Norfolk more than 5 years ago, and spent at least a year vacationing in Bradenstoke, Wilts - where they spread themselves around - leaving your sister-in-law's garden looking beautiful this summer, just as she moved out!!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, forgot about their little sojourn to the Shire!
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