Dear @TheGreenMan, @Fairygirl and @Obelixx, I'm a little late to this forum, but my problem is similar and recent and this is the only place where I have found anyone discussing this issue. I also feel inspired from the post! I also wonder how your anemone has faired during the past two years.
I live in Stockholm, Sweden and I bought a Japanese Anemone (not sure of the specific name, but it looks very much like the one pictured on your post). I bought the plant at an outside florist on 18-9-22 and there was no information included. I looked up information before I purchased it.
Before I purchased it, it sat outside all day 7am-7pm and inside an uninsulated hut at night. During the day it had full sun. The weather here has been roughly between 5C-16C the past weeks
It had lots of flowers and buds. I have kept it in its original plastic pot (ø20cm) because I didn't want to shock it more with re-potting right away. It's on my balcony, and it's north facing and it only gets a bit of "direct" sunlight in the morning and evening. The soil felt damp.
The day after, 19-9-22, it was totally wilted so I gave it a little bit of water, even though it still felt damp. I thought it was in shock, so I left it alone. The next day, 20-9-22, it looked even worse shape, and I thought it couldn't possibly need watered again? All the tall flower stems were completely folded over and it seemed unlikely they could be revived, so I cut them off (and they are thriving in a vase inside). The leaves were very wilted and I was afraid the whole plant would die.
I decided perhaps that maybe it was too chilly at night on the balcony (5-10C) and brought it inside. I left it near the slightly open balcony door (12C). The anemone improved and perked up a bit by the next day 21-9-22. I continued with this procedure for a few days, and then on 23-9-22 I decided to leave it outside at night because it was supposed to be no colder than 10C that night but it wilted again.
Since 24-9-22 and I have kept it inside all the time and plan to keep it inside in cool place, just to give it some stability, but this is not optimal.
All week I have watered it a little bit everyday by the tray and it sucks up the water within an hour. Does it need even more water? (The top soil always feels damp.)
I feel anemones should be able to live/thrive outside in plus degrees. Our first hard frost is usually sometime around mid-October, but with the protection of the balcony I can usually extend the flowering of my other flowers.
Is it just stressed, does it miss the sun, or does it need more heat? Should I re-pot it with soil? Should I cut off all the flowers to save the plant?
If possible, post a photo of your plant just to be sure it is a Japanese Anemone. All young plants will wilt, even if planted into the soil for the first few years. They are really not suitable to be in a pot for long. They want their roots running deep to look for moisture, so having it in a pot long term is not ideal.
For now, sounds like you need to drench the whole pot properly and keep it well watered allowing the water to drain out of the base of the pot. They are pretty hardy so not likely to suffer from the cold.
They're completely hardy @noel.nicole.laytonSZehKJgm, so the 5-10 degree tempos are no problem. It's been milder than usual here where I am for the past month, but they take frosts and temps below zero without any issue at all. Mine flower right through September and often well into October, and they'll get many frosts, and low single figure temps during that time. They do best in damp shade, so being in full sun won't have been great for it, and pots dry pout very quickly, especially if there's wind as well as sun. It will possibly be drying out quite quickly, especially if it's been inside. As @Borderline says, if you can post a pic - flowers and the remaining plant, that will help.
The pot isn't very big, and it may just have outgrown the nutrients and space too. They aren't terribly well suited to pot cultivation though, as said. You'd need something quite big to allow them to thrive, and it would need to have a soil based growing medium, not just compost, if it was to do well. Compost just depletes over time, and it dries out too quickly.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I agree about the hardiness too. That’s what I read in the information before I bought it.
I will look into re-pottting it tomorrow. I need to find a bigger & deeper pot.
In the end, when the plants get too large for my balcony, I donate plants to my friend who has a large garden in the country, but I like to enjoy on my balcony for awhile.
I will include photos. It’s about 60-80 cm tall (hard to tell with droopiness).
In the photos it’s not as wilted as the other day, but still not like when I bought it. (I tried to edit so the photos aren’t horizontal, but it didn’t work.) 🐌
Pot looks far too small for the size of plant. There's a lot of top growth there. You may find it's quite pot bound, and there isn't much soil in the pot, which also means it's difficult to keep it well hydrated. It would probably divide into two plants, but they can sometimes take a while to then grow on and flower, so that may not suit you
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I live in Stockholm, Sweden and I bought a Japanese Anemone (not sure of the specific name, but it looks very much like the one pictured on your post). I bought the plant at an outside florist on 18-9-22 and there was no information included. I looked up information before I purchased it.
Before I purchased it, it sat outside all day 7am-7pm and inside an uninsulated hut at night. During the day it had full sun. The weather here has been roughly between 5C-16C the past weeks
It had lots of flowers and buds. I have kept it in its original plastic pot (ø20cm) because I didn't want to shock it more with re-potting right away. It's on my balcony, and it's north facing and it only gets a bit of "direct" sunlight in the morning and evening. The soil felt damp.
The day after, 19-9-22, it was totally wilted so I gave it a little bit of water, even though it still felt damp. I thought it was in shock, so I left it alone. The next day, 20-9-22, it looked even worse shape, and I thought it couldn't possibly need watered again? All the tall flower stems were completely folded over and it seemed unlikely they could be revived, so I cut them off (and they are thriving in a vase inside). The leaves were very wilted and I was afraid the whole plant would die.
I decided perhaps that maybe it was too chilly at night on the balcony (5-10C) and brought it inside. I left it near the slightly open balcony door (12C). The anemone improved and perked up a bit by the next day 21-9-22. I continued with this procedure for a few days, and then on 23-9-22 I decided to leave it outside at night because it was supposed to be no colder than 10C that night but it wilted again.
Since 24-9-22 and I have kept it inside all the time and plan to keep it inside in cool place, just to give it some stability, but this is not optimal.
All week I have watered it a little bit everyday by the tray and it sucks up the water within an hour. Does it need even more water? (The top soil always feels damp.)
I feel anemones should be able to live/thrive outside in plus degrees. Our first hard frost is usually sometime around mid-October, but with the protection of the balcony I can usually extend the flowering of my other flowers.
Is it just stressed, does it miss the sun, or does it need more heat? Should I re-pot it with soil? Should I cut off all the flowers to save the plant?
I would appreciate any advice.
Sincerely, Noël
For now, sounds like you need to drench the whole pot properly and keep it well watered allowing the water to drain out of the base of the pot. They are pretty hardy so not likely to suffer from the cold.
They do best in damp shade, so being in full sun won't have been great for it, and pots dry pout very quickly, especially if there's wind as well as sun. It will possibly be drying out quite quickly, especially if it's been inside.
As @Borderline says, if you can post a pic - flowers and the remaining plant, that will help.
The pot isn't very big, and it may just have outgrown the nutrients and space too. They aren't terribly well suited to pot cultivation though, as said. You'd need something quite big to allow them to thrive, and it would need to have a soil based growing medium, not just compost, if it was to do well. Compost just depletes over time, and it dries out too quickly.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I agree about the hardiness too. That’s what I read in the information before I bought it.
In the end, when the plants get too large for my balcony, I donate plants to my friend who has a large garden in the country, but I like to enjoy on my balcony for awhile.
In the photos it’s not as wilted as the other day, but still not like when I bought it. (I tried to edit so the photos aren’t horizontal, but it didn’t work.) 🐌
You may find it's quite pot bound, and there isn't much soil in the pot, which also means it's difficult to keep it well hydrated.
It would probably divide into two plants, but they can sometimes take a while to then grow on and flower, so that may not suit you
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...