Anemonopsis macrophylla
(False Anemone)
Family - Ranunculaceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - Japan
Year of Introduction - 1869
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H6
Height - 75cm
Width - 45cm
Location - The Woodland Walk
Description: A herbaceous Perennial with a clump-forming habit. Glossy dark green leaves are biternate and have ovate to oblong leaflets with coarsely toothed margins. The leaves are held in neat mounds at the base of the plant. Delicate nodding, cup-shaped flowers have pale lilac to white outer petals and rich deep purple inner petals. The flowers have a waxy texture. The Blooms are held well above the foliage in airy Racemes and are produced from late summer into early autumn.
Flower:
Round buds open to delicate, nodding cup and saucer-shaped flowers with pale lilac to white outer petals and deep purple inner petals. The flowers have a waxy texture and each bloom has a central cluster of stamens with yellow anthers. The blooms are held above the foliage in loose racemes and are produced in August and September.
Flower colour: White, purple
Flower shape: Cup and saucer-shaped flowers held in racemes
Flowering time: August, September
Foliage:
Glossy dark green leaves are biternate and have lobed, ovate to oblong leaflets with Dentate margins. The leaves form attractive mounds in the spring and are held at the base of the plant.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Biternate with ovate to oblong leaflets
Propagation:
Division, seed.
Cultivation:
Best in a sheltered position in partial shade with fertile, moist soil that has good drainage. Anemonopsis macrophylla prefers a soil that is neutral to acidic.