Anemone is also called wind flowers, these popular perennial herbs of the Buttercup family vary widely in form, color and size. All require partial shade and rich, sandy loam. Propagation is by root division in early spring or by seed sown very shallow in a finely raked bed during fall or early spring.
The showy horticultural forms are divided into three types: the early spring group, the bulbous group of spring and early summer, and the tall Oriental forms of late summer and fall.
The Early Spring Group: Anemone blanda, the bulbous Greek windflower, grows about four inches high with finely cut leaves and blue, pink or white daisy like flowers.They bloom in early spring and are excellent subjects for the rock garden or locations in light deciduous shade. Foliage disappears in early summer. Plant them in large coloniesnear other small spring bulbs like scilla and chionodoxa. Anemone Pulsatilla, the true pasque flower of Eurasia, has very silky hairs3/4 to one inch long. Its flowers are blue to red purple, 11/2 to 21/2 inches across and bloom in early April. Many cultivars and varieties are known, including the white A. P. cv. 'Alba'.This pulsatilla group thrives best in well-drained soil, or stony places in some shade.
The Bulbous Group: The bulbous group of anemones blooms almost whenever desired, depending on the culture and the time the corms are planted. In sections where it is too cold in winter, corms should be cured or ripened after the flowering period by being lifted from the ground to dry and store. If left in the ground to cure they must be protected against excess moisture; the corms can-not stand frost. The corms are of unusual structure, some resembling a three-cornered horn. Florists use this group extensively in-doors for late winter and early spring blooms. Home gardeners can easily force these anemones into winter bloom. When the corms are received, soak them overnight in room-temperature water, then plant them one inch deep and two inches apart in a good sandy loam in a bulb pan. Planting is done in September or October. Place the pan in a dark place that never gets warmer than 55°F. (12.78°C.) until growth starts. Then move the plants to a cool, bright window and begin to water freely, feeding every two weeks with diluted fish emulsion or weak compost tea.
A. coronaria, the poppy-flowered anemone, has large flowers in red, white an dindigo. Popular controlled varieties with single blooms include DeCaen, St. Brigid and Victoria Giant. Many double forms are also to be had in a variety of colors, although the scarlet ones are predominant. One cultivar known as Anemone coronaria cv. `Chrysanthemiflora' is a seedling produced in 1848, looking much like a full chrysanthemum; Anemone x fulgens, the scarlet windflower, resembles a scarlet daisy having a black center. It can be forced like A. coronaria.
The Tall Oriental Forms: The tall anemones of late summer and fall are the Oriental forms Anemone hupehensis (Japanese anemone) and Anemone vitifolia, the grape-leaved windflower from China and India, which is somewhat hardier than A. hupehensis. These are two to four feet tall with long, slender, flexible stems bearing white and rose purple to carmine flowers two to three inches across. These are excellent to use in a hardy border or colony in a partially shaded place. They bloom from late summer to frost. There are beautiful cultivars of the group, particularly in the white color from the cultivar Alba;Whirlwind is a beautiful, semi double white. September Charm is a good semi double pink, and Alice is rose carmine.
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