{"id":83,"date":"2010-02-01T00:13:42","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T07:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=83"},"modified":"2010-03-20T08:15:55","modified_gmt":"2010-03-20T15:15:55","slug":"anemone-tips-and-pointers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/anemone-tips-and-pointers\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Anemones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/anemone1.bmp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-85 aligncenter\" title=\"Anemone1\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/anemone1.bmp\" alt=\"phot by Lynne Pettinger\" width=\"483\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anemone has over 100 species with several interesting varieties that produce colour and a light form. I have picked out 3 contrasting sorts that are worth seeking out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wood Anemones, Wind Flower and Anemone Blanda<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Daisy-like flowers in white and purple to form a carpet of dazzling colour.<\/li>\n<li>These low-growing Anemones are extremely free-flowering and produce an eye catching mass<\/li>\n<li>With lush, fern-like foliage, they&#8217;re great for planting beneath Daffodils and Tulips, shrubs and trees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Japanese Anemone<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Named varieties to look our for Prinz heinrich a semi-double with purple flowers. Queen Charlotte semi-doule pink, September Charm pink, Whirlwind semi-double white and Honorine Joberet the popular white with golden stamens<\/li>\n<li>Unlike the spring varieties they flower in Autumn on long stems up to 5&#8242; tall<\/li>\n<li>The white Honorine Jubert is a striking plant and flowers in a shady position<\/li>\n<li>Propagate <strong><em>economically by <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/tips\/how-to-take-root-cuttings\/\">root cuttings<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>from established plants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/gardening\/images\/plants\/anemone.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Blousey Florists Anemones<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Anemone De Caen &#8216;Hollandia&#8217; a scarlet flower on 10&#8243; stems  and  St Brigid The Governor have performed exceptionally well this year.  I have grown them in peat and peat with some grit to keep the compost open and they have remained reasonably moist.<\/li>\n<li>In pots the flowers are less robust than those in the garden.<\/li>\n<li>You can grow them from dark wrinkled tubers bought later in summer.<\/li>\n<li>Soak overnight in rain water before planting will speed up germination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/product\/p80339\/1.html\">Anemone de Caen<\/a> at T&amp;M<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/product\/p84484\/1.html\">Blue and white wind flowers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/product\/p7048\/1.html\">Anemone blanda<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anemone has over 100 species with several interesting varieties that produce colour and a light form. I have picked out 3 contrasting sorts that are worth seeking out. Wood Anemones, Wind Flower and Anemone Blanda Daisy-like flowers in white and purple to form a carpet of dazzling colour. These low-growing Anemones are extremely free-flowering and produce an eye catching mass With lush, fern-like foliage, they&#8217;re great for planting beneath Daffodils and Tulips, shrubs and trees. Japanese Anemone Named varieties to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/anemone-tips-and-pointers\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,233],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers","category-growing-easy-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}