Anemone

Anemones are lovely, delicate flowers that dance top slender steps, giving them their poetic common name -- windflower. Depending on the type, anemones bloom in spring, summer, or through fall with pretty slightly cupped flowers in rose, pink, or white rising over distinctive, deeply lobed foliage.

Plants grow best in partial shade, but tolerate full sun in northern regions. If you're lucky, they'll be happy where they're planted. In some cases, you may even need to divide plants frequently to prevent them from overtaking neighboring perennials.

Light:

Sun, Part Sun

Zones:

4-8

Plant Type:

Perennial

Plant Height:

1-3 feet tall

Plant Width:

1-3 feet wide

Flower Color:

White, pink or rose flowers, depending on variety

Bloom Time:

Some types bloom in early spring, others in late summer to fall

Landscape Uses:

Containers, Beds & Borders, Groundcover

Special Features:

Flowers, Fragrant, Cut Flowers, Deer Resistant, Easy to Grow

Top Varieties

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Double windflower

(Anemone nemorosa 'Bracteata Pleniflora') is showier than the wild type because its flowers have extra petals. Like the wild form, it grows less than 1 foot tall. Zones 4-8
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Honorine Jobert anemone

(Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert') is 3 to 4 feet tall and covered with 2-inch-wide pure white single blooms. It spreads less rapidly than other varieties
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Queen Charlotte anemone

(Anemone x hybrida 'Queen Charlotte') offers wonderful, semidouble pale mauve flowers on 3-foot-tall plants. Zones 4-8
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September Charm Japanese anemone

(Anemone hupehensis 'September Charm') is a Japanese type with has single pink flowers in late summer and early fall. Zones 4-8
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Snowdrop anemone

(Anemone sylvestris) is a spring bloomer that may repeat in fall. The fragrant white flowers are borne on 18-inch-tall upright stems. It tolerates full shade, spreads by rhizomes, and can become invasive in loamy soils. Zones 4-9
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Windflower

(Anemone nemorosa) is an early spring bloomer with 1-inch white blooms. Plants go dormant in summer, but carpet large areas of woodland in spring. Zones 4-8
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Whirlwind anemone

(Anemone x hybrida 'Whirlwind') is one of the largest hybrid anemones. It grows 3 to 5 feet tall and has large, semidouble white blooms. Zones 4-8
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