{"id":7791,"date":"2016-01-03T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T17:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=7791"},"modified":"2015-10-09T16:43:57","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T20:43:57","slug":"japanese-anemone-starts-off-fall-blooming-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2016\/01\/03\/japanese-anemone-starts-off-fall-blooming-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Anemone 2016 Perennial Plant of The Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Anemone at Biltmore Estates in Asheville, NC<\/p><\/div>\n

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Japanese anemone (Anemone x hybrida<\/em>), popularly called \u201cfall anemone\u201d, are long-lived, fall-flowering perennials for cottage and open woodland gardens. They start to flower in late summer in\u00a0many parts of the U.S.\u00a0(USDA hardiness zones 4 to 7). Several colorful varieties are available. Fall anemones make great additions to cut floral arrangements.<\/p>\n

For nearly 5 weeks, showy 2-4 inch wide flowers stand 2-4 feet tall (depending on variety), on long wiry stems above dark-green basal mounds. Anemones tend to be floppy and may need staking.\u00a0Each flower is composed of 6-9 overlapping white petals\u00a0with numerous yellow stamens in center. The dark green leaves are 3-lobed. This long-lived perennial spreads vigorously via creeping rhizomes and seeds.<\/p>\n

Fall anemones prefer moderately moist soils and\u00a0perform poorly on dry sites.\u00a0They’re best sited in partially shade locations. Foliage tends to burn in hot, dry, sunny conditions.\u00a0They fail in wet\u00a0clayey soggy soils over winter.\u00a0Plants may be slow to establish, but, once established, will aggressively naturalize, spreading by rhizomes to form large colonies. They can be propagate by root cuttings in winter (perhaps most effective) or by division in spring.<\/p>\n

Fall anemones prefer partial sun to partial shade, never in full day sun or deep shade.\u00a0At planting time, add lots of compost to a well-drained, mildly acidic garden soil (pH 5.5 to 7.0 range preferred). Plants are mostly deer tolerant and have few disease and insect problems. From the Greek, the word anemone<\/i> means \u201cwindflower\u201d; shelter plants from extreme winds. Anemones seed in readily (think weedy).<\/p>\n

Special note: \u2018Honorine Jobert\u2019, an heirloom hybrid anemone popular in France since the mid-19th<\/sup> century, has been designated the 2016 Perennial Plant of The Year.<\/p>\n

Cultivars to try:<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2018Honorine Jobert\u2019 (2-3 inch single white flower)<\/p>\n

‘Queen Charlotte’ (3 inch semi-double pink flower)<\/p>\n

‘September Charm’ (3 inch single rose-pink flower)<\/p>\n

‘Whirlwind’ (4 inch semi-double white flower)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0           Japanese anemone (Anemone x hybrida), popularly called \u201cfall anemone\u201d, are long-lived, fall-flowering perennials for cottage and open woodland gardens. They start to flower in late summer in\u00a0many parts of the U.S.\u00a0(USDA hardiness zones 4 to 7). Several colorful varieties are available. Fall anemones make great additions to cut floral […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1145,707,747,605,1037,674,665,551,625,843,1060,812,630,646,113,1222,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7791"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7791"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8155,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7791\/revisions\/8155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}