I took delivery of a couple of plants from my in-laws recently - I know they're white but nothing else. I used fairly poor garden soil in the planting and I've stuck them both in shade and 1 in a pot to see if I can control them - they're supposed to look best in the gloom anyway.
I'd read that eradicating them might not be possible as the roots can go metres down (hence Pete's mystery arrivals I suppose).
The pink ones tend to be more of a problem than the whites. They'll happily grow in lighter soils and spread more quickly in it. The whites prefer a bit more moisture - perfectly happy in quite wet, claggy soil -and generally behave better. In my climate here, neither are a problem - even the pink ones.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I would dearly love to know how to get rid of the darn things. I have two clumps of the very tall pink ones and a clump of much smaller white. The white is fine but the pink one is spreading everywhere; it grows under flags and pops up the other side I don't mind the main plant but the runners drive me mad. If I spray the runners with weedkiller would it affect the main plant? Even an inch of root left behind sprouts and seeds germinate like crazy. My lawn in front of one plant is solid with seedlings.
I inherited some white ones in a previous garden. They spread very quickly, even going under a wall into my neighbours garden. I love the flowers but would never plant them deliberately, too much hard work to keep them contained.
I still have trouble removing some of the pink "September Charm" from other areas but have a good stand of them near a hedge at the back of a wide border where they look great and do not seem to be spreading too far in the relatively poor soil. They are not quite as bad as Acanthus (which I have been trying to eradicate from one area in our light soil for a good ten years now) but extremely persistent. If you move them further back in the border you will probably just have them at the front as well unless you are really vigilant and remove every small piece which reappears, several times. They will even grow through paving slab cracks. If you want to grow a Japanese anemone, and they are beautiful, try "Honorine Jobert", a white one which does not seem to be anywhere near as vigorous and has realy attractive flowers, as well as not growing so tall, for me at any rate.
I really like them! I wanted to grow them for ages but haven’t had anywhere to put them now I have moved and have a garden I have planted some in a little border that I want to keep mostly white. They’re I am hoping that they’ll grow tall enough to just go higher than the 3ft fence so I can see them from my kitchen window ! Honorine jobert.
I think they’d look nice in pots too! I bought a pink one from a garden centre a couple of months ago I can’t remember what it’s called but it’s very small and hasnt really done much, maybe it’ll cheer up more next year?
It comes down to conditions IMO, as I keep saying. None of them are invasive here. The pink ones will spread more readily than the whites as they cope better with lighter soil.
In wet, shady conditions, the whites are very well behaved in my experience, especially in my heavier soil. I don't grow H. jobert now, but I have in another garden. I have two other whites here and they're no problem at all. Very valuable for those shady spots, as white is ideal for that.
I doubt if they'd do very well in pots. They have deep roots generally, but worth a try. Some decent, moisture retentive soil will help too
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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In my climate here, neither are a problem - even the pink ones.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
In wet, shady conditions, the whites are very well behaved in my experience, especially in my heavier soil.
I don't grow H. jobert now, but I have in another garden. I have two other whites here and they're no problem at all. Very valuable for those shady spots, as white is ideal for that.
I doubt if they'd do very well in pots. They have deep roots generally, but worth a try. Some decent, moisture retentive soil will help too
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...