WHAT: Native throughout most of the United Kingdom, anemone nemorosa is quickly becoming popular in the similar climes of the maritime Northwest.
Also known as wood anemone, it is available in a variety of flower colors, including white, pale pink and blue. Single-flowered forms have six to eight petals; doubles have more petals.
All are superb garden plants, according to Great Plant Picks.
WHY PLANT IT: This colonizing perennial is excellent planted under deciduous trees and shrubs or in the open ground.
It emerges in March and flowers until early May. By July it is dormant. It spreads steadily, but is not overly aggressive.
It is very long lived. Clumps can easily prosper for more than 30 years with little attention.
WHERE: It prefers part shade, but grows admirably well in full sun or full shade.
It adapts to a range of soils. It thrives when it gets adequate moisture in winter and spring and is drought tolerant is summer when it is dormant.
HOW: Combine it with small bulbs, such as grape hyacinths and small daffodils or plant it to brighten a perennial border, tucked between larger, later-blooming plants.
ACTUAL SIZE: Wood anemone is a low-growing perennial that reaches about 5 inches high, slowly spreading by underground rhizomes with established clumps reaching 3 or more feet across.
LEARN MORE: See www.greatplantpicks.org.
Source: Great Plant Picks
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