Origin: South Europe (around the Mediterranean Sea)
Flower colour: blue, red, white, pink
Flowering period: May-August
Average plant height: 30 – 40 cm
Planting depth to base of bulbs: 5 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 10 cm
Type of bulb: corm
Light requirements: sun or light shade and sheltered spot (PM sun)
Landscape uses: border, beds, pots
Before planting you should soak the tubers for a couple of hours. They will grow in any type of soil which is well-drained. Very often Anemone coronaria is sold mixed. Even the small corms (2-3 cm) will flower!
Anemone coronaria single flowering version is also called the “Florist” or ” Poppy-flowered” Anemones. We divide them into two groups: Anemone coronaria ‘De Caen’ varieties (single flowered) and ‘St. Brigid’ varieties (double flowered).
Principal varieties
Anemone De Caen
- ‘Hollandia’ – red
- ‘Mr. Fokker’ – blue
- ‘Sylphide’ – purple
- ‘Bride’ – white
Anemone St. Brigid
- ‘Governor’ – red
- ‘Admiral’ – purple
- ‘Lord Lieutenant’ – blue
- ‘Mount Everest’ – white
