Anemone nemorosa 'Robinsoniana'
(Wood Anemone 'Robinsoniana')

Family - Ranunculaceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - Discovered at the Oxford Botanic Garden
Year of Introduction - 1870
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H5
Height - up to 20cm
Width - 30cm
Location - The Woodland Walk

Description: A clump-forming, rhizomatous Perennial with low-growing, but upright stems. Mid to dark green, ternate leaves have ovate to oval leaflets with coarsely toothed margins. Pale lavender-blue flowers are saucer-shaped and have a central boss of lemon yellow stamens. The Blooms are produced, singly, on dark stems from mid to late spring.

Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Additional common name - Windflower 'Robinsoniana'

Flower:

Single, pale lavender-blue flowers have a central boss of lemon yellow stamens. The blooms are saucer-shaped and produced on dark, upright stems in April and May.

Flower colour: Lavender-blue

Flower shape: Saucer-shaped flowers

Flowering time: April, May

Foliage:

Mid to dark green, ternate leaves have ovate to oval leaflets with Dentate margins. The leaves are held on dark, upright stems produced from rhizomes.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Ternate with ovate to oval leaflets

Poison Information:

May cause skin irritation if handled.

Propagation:

Division of rhizomes.

Cultivation:

Best in partial shade in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.