I have had a great show from 100 Anemone coronaria corms I bought in January. I only got them because they were being sold off at half price but were in individual packs of one variety.

Varieties Chosen

• The double blue Anemone Lord Lieutenant (shown above)  was planted in a large container and has given the best display. I have now planted the compost corms and all direct into the garden.
• The Govenor is a deep red with a white inner ring and I planted this direct into the garden. Where I got good flowers the colour was striking but I had fewer blooms.
• Admiral and Sylphide are both pinks that I mixed together – why I did I don’t know considering my comment above.
• The Bride was my selected white Anemone and this did very well in its own container. Whilst I thought I watered the containers quite well I found the bottom half of the soil had totally dried out and was hard to re wet. I must remember to do something about this next time.

Tips.Wholesale suppliers like J Parker’s have Anemones priced from £25 per thousand plus vat. Buy the biggest bulbs you can for a good show. Alternatively you may find old stock being sold off at retailers who need to make room for new lines.
These anemones grow 8 inches tall and like water to get the corms started but then leaving to dry out late in the season so they do not rot in Autumn/winter.