Anemone blanda
(Winter Windflower)
Family - Ranunculaceae
Category - Bulb
Origin - Sout East Europe, Turkey
Year of Introduction - 1898
Season of Interest - Spring
Hardiness - H6
Height - up to 15cm
Width - up to 15cm
Location - The Spring Garden
Description: A low-growing Perennial with a clump-forming habit. Dark green Basal Leaves are ternate and have glabrous undersides. Daisy-like, saucer-shaped flowers with many petals (tepals) are produced in shades of blue, white and pink. At the centre of each flower is a showy cluster of golden stamens. The Blooms are held singly atop upright stems and produced from early to mid-spring. Occasionally the Blooms can be seen in late winter, depending on the weather that season.
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Flower:
Saucer-shaped flowers with many tepals are produced in shades of blue, white and pink. At the centre of each bloom is a cluster of golden stamens. The flowers are held singly atop upright stems and are produced in March and April, sometimes earlier in a mild winter.
Flower colour: Blue, white, pink
Flower shape: Saucer-shaped flowers held singly
Flowering time: March, April
Foliage:
Dark green, ternate leaves are glabrous on the undersides. The leaves are held at the base of the plant.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Ternate
Poison Information:
The sap may cause skin irriation. Ingestion will cause discomfort.
Propagation:
Division of tubers, seed.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, well-drained soil. Plant tubers in the autumn.