Mostly woodlanders with pretty spring flowers before the trees leaf up. They associate well with other spring flowers such as Epimediums and Corydalis flexuosa but are also useful where later plants come up as the Anemones often die down in midsummer, especially if dry.
The majority of Anemones we grow now are the wood anemones, which are mostly Anemone nemorosa cultivars. Anemone nemorosa is a British native but is also found throught much of the rest of Europe, the British plants tending to be near white (blueish or pinkish), the brighter and deeper colours mostly originate from other parts of Europe. The wood anemones are adapted to grow in deciduous woodland which means that they come up early in the spring and flower before the trees and shrubs grow their new leaves. The wood anemones then slowly die down during the summer as the soil dries out under the trees, remaining dormant until the following spring to start again.
Most of the anemones we offer (including the wood anemones) have an underground, twiggy, root that they grow from each spring. This twiggy root lies just beneath the leaf litter in the wild so tends to be in the top half of pot grown plants, and may be right on the surface of the pot! Do not be tempted to bury them too deep. Also bear in mind that as they are dormant from midsummer to early spring you may just appear to get a pot of compost for slightly over half the year!
A pretty woodland anemone this emerges in spring with chocolate brown leaves which slowly turn green. Clear white flowers like the wood anemones to 10cm. Humusy soil in shade.
Neat clumps of narrowly divided leaves and pale ceamy yellow flowers to 25cm in spring. Well drained soil in sun, ideal for rockery or the front of a border.
Amazing detailed bracteate flowers with a ruff of green bracts with white and pink streaks and dense, divided centres becoming whiter near the middle. Good soil in some shade, 15cm. Spring.
A lovely soft pink flush to the white flowers gives this a more delicate look than some of the other "pink" forms of wood anemone. Reasonable soil in shade. 15cm.
Delightful multi-petalled, open, single flowers start white and flush rose-pink over clumps of dark green foliage. March to April. Decent soil in the shade of deciduous trees! 15cm.
A desirable form with semi-double brilliant white flowers that develop a rich royal blue eye as they age. Sells on sight! Decent soil in part or light shade. 15cm.
Rather variable semi-double white flowers surrounded by a ruff of green and white bracts. Every flower different and changes year to year. 20cm. Shade.
A pretty selection of Wood Anemone with white flowers with a pink reverse. The white flushes pink as the flower ages eventually turning deep pink. Good soil in light shade, 15cm.
Largish pale sky blue flowers on this lovely form of Wood Anemone. One of the more vigorous forms with bigger flowers than most blues. Reasonable soil in shade or part shade. 15cm.
Delightful white flowers flushed with light pink that darkens as the flowers age. A cleaner and very pretty pink than some older forms. Good soil in light or part shade. 15cm.
Amazing flowers with a single white row of sepals with a ruff of leaf-like bracts within which in turn contain another white "flower". Good soil in shade.
A much sought after single white flower with a neat little ruff of green petalloid stamens in the middle. Very slow. Good, drained soil in light or part shade. 15cm.
Early flowering with showy white flowers that turn to a deep, rich pink as they age. Plenty of flowers to 20cm. Decent soil, best under deciduous shrubs or trees.
Large semi-double white flowers with the outer sepals merging into green and white variegated bracts that form a frilly ruff around the flower. 15cm. Decent soil in shade.
Large flowers of near white flushed a pale purplish-blue. Like many the flowers darken slightly as they age. An excellent form of Wood Anemone for average to good soil in shade. 20cm.
A delightful Wood Anemone with masses of rich lavender blue flowers in spring. A more compact variety perfect for smaller borders. Ideal for ordinary soil in shade. 15cm.
A stunning form with ragged semi-double white flowers merging into a ring of green bracts. Often pink tinged in the centre. Good woodsy soil in shade. 15cm. syn. 'Stammheim'
Popular form of Wood Anemone for its bright white flowers with a ruff of bright white petalloid stamens giving a near double look. Low growing spring flower for shade and ordinary soil. 15cm.
One of the better pink Wood Anemones. This opens white and flushes pink becoming a rich, deep pink after a few days. Average to good soil in shade. 15cm.
An excellent (nearly) double from Austria with lots of golden yellow sepals within an outer row of green streaked ones on top of a ruff of yellow streaked green bracts in early spring. Sun or part shade. 15cm.