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Total novice tries to grow anemone
Hi all!
Wondering if anyone can help me with some anemone questions... I bought a potted anemone plant last summer but unfortunately it seemed to be at the end of flowering and made a fairly rapid demise and seemed to me like it was completely dead. So I unpotted it as I needed the pot and put it in a different pot with some old spare soil (forgive me I know not what I do) to my surprise it has a bud! Now, in january! I don't know what type it is, and haven't got a clue what I'm doing so any tips on how not to kill it a second time much appreciated. I will post a picture later, but the bud seems white and pink at the moment.
Thanks in advance,
Suzie
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I have an anemone that is also in bud, in fact the whole plant is actively grown strongly. This will be the 3rd flush of flowers since I planted them last spring. Mine are anemone coronaria “Mr Fokker” and “Sylphide” I placed the corms in a bulb tray in a well drained raised bed and these are the ones that have done the best, even in the sharp frosts. I had a few left over so just planted in the the garden that isn’t raised, they are ok but not as good as the others. Hopefully when yours blooms you will be able to identify it or someone on the forum is sure to know.
Suzie, you haven't done anything wrong, this is normal behaviour for anemones and a great many other plants. After flowering, the plant dies back to the roots and remains dormant during the winter. The roots store energy to fuel re-growth in the spring. Due to climate change, lots of plants are emerging already, which used not to appear until weeks later.
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Susie - There are all sorts of anemones - blanda, Caen, Japanese - and they all have different growing requirements. Any clues as to which yours are? Clues in height, colour, flowering time, leaf shape.
Thanks for the help everyone! sorry for the slow reply. I have got some pictures of my anemone but I can't upload them right now so I've just got one from google, my anemone looks pretty much exactly like this so I figure it's japanese?
It has one flower and two more stalks but they look older and don't have buds, only the leaf opening and then nothing in the middle. Should I prune it or anything or not cause technically it's in flower now then because of climate change?
Thank you!!
That picture looks to me like an Anemone de caen.
https://www.dutchbulbs.co.uk/plant-0008763-da-1/anemone-de-caen-mixed-78cm/
Japanese anemones are much larger plants with quite different leaves like these
https://gardeningwithcharlie.com/grow-japanese-anemone.html
Which sort of leaves does your anemone have?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I think you're right! The leaves are lower down by the bottoms and look more like the leaves in the anemone de caen picture, thanks!!
I will look up some pruning advice etc.! I should probably just follow the instructions for the flowering time then if it's just flowering early? It says also that these naturalise and spread, mine is in a pot, so should I plant it in a bed or something so that it has more room?
Thanks everyone!
They don't need pruning unless you want to remove any dead foliage. Leave flowers to set seed if conditions are right or else dead head them so the plant concentrates on growth rather than seeds.
If you have sandy soil or a well drained raised bed you can plant them out but otherwise keep them in pots where drainage will be good. more info here - https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/26664/i-Anemone-coronaria-i-De-Caen-Group/Details
Thanks Obelixx! I have actually cut the flower off as I read that if you cut it off then another one will grow in the same place with anemones, but I think you're meant to cut if after the leaves around the buds and I cut it at the stem so have probably failed there! Will that stop the plant from setting seed now then? Sorry I don't know anything about this! I've tried to research this but can't seem to find a straight answer!
Also is it possible that it spreads within the pot it is in now? I will keep it in the pot as I don't have any good raised beds and have no idea about soil!!
Seeds are made when flowers are pollinated so no flower, no seed. As for spreading, it depends on how much space there is in your pot for seeds to fall and germinate for for roots to spread tho, as De Caen grow from corms, this may be slow at best.
If you want to learn more about plants and how they grow with a view to growing more and better plants I suggest you head to your library or DVD shop and check out How to be a Gardener by Alan Titchmarsh so you can dip in and out at leisure or else see here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/how_to_be_a_gardener/