Japanese Anemone

Description: Anemone have basal leaves with long petiole stems that can be upright or prostate, the foliage is simple or compound with lobed, parted, or undivided leaf blades. The leaf margins are entire or toothed. The flowers are produced in terminal inflorescences with involucres, and they can be arranged in two-to-nine-flowered cymes or in umbels, or be solitary

Botanical Name: Japanese Anemone

Common Name: Wind Flowers

Family: Ranunculaceae

Height: 1.5m x 30-60cm but will grow into clumps approximately 1-2m wide.

Flower: Late Summer to early Autumn.

Prune: Cut right back to the ground in late Autumn. They will shoot away again in Spring.

Watering Needs: Ensure pleny of moisture during periods of active growth.

Light: Full sun to full shade. Best in part shade in all but cool Summer climates. The darker colours tolerate more sun than the lighter colours.

Feeding: If planted in a highly organic soil, this plant requires little fertilising. If in a poor soil use a general fertiliser. Pest: Watch for caterpillars and snails.