Planting anemones for spring
Join the dots in your spring garden with wood anemones and anemone blanda. Follow these easy steps for a beautiful display
20 tubers 260515-20 | £4.95 |
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40 tubers 260515-40 | £7.95 |
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Use Anemone blanda 'Blue Shades' to create a blue carpet in your borders through sun or shade, and I love to pick them.
Sear their stem ends in boiling water for 15 seconds to make them last.
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Genus | Anemone |
Group/Species | blanda |
Variety | Blue Shades |
Type | Perennial |
Common Name | Balkan Anemone, Grecian Windflower, Winter Windflower |
Border Position | Ground Cover (Scattered) |
Bulb Size | 5 |
Soil Type | Broad Tolerance |
Scent | Unscented |
Site | Part Shade |
Moisture | Well-drained |
Height | 15cm (6in) |
Spacing | Plant 7-8cm deep,10-15cm apart. |
Sowing, Seeds, Planting | For best effect plant in bold drifts on mass to cover the ground in early spring. Plant any way up in well-drained, humus-rich soil in September or October. Soak the tubers overnight in cool water and plant them in naturalistic drifts 5cm deep. |
Care Tips | Soak in a bucket of water overnight before planting, this will start them growing quicker. They will naturalize in grass or in a wooded area. Add grit on heavy soils. |
Flowering | March - April |
Vase Life | Last well for up to 2 weeks in water. |
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Join the dots in your spring garden with wood anemones and anemone blanda. Follow these easy steps for a beautiful display
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Anemone blanda 'Blue Shades' reviews
Not come up
Reviewed 12th June 2017 by Michelle Moores I planted the bulbs as instructed, after soaking, but, unfortunately, none have come up. Hopefully, they may grow next Spring. Reply from the Sarah Raven Team:"Thank you for your feedback, please let us know if they fail to grow." Posted 20th July 2017 |
Anemone Blanda 'blue shades'
Reviewed 18th November 2014 by Barbara Jones These little chaps were planted among a lot of penstemon and held their own admirably last spring. I am hoping for even more flowers next year now that they have had time to 'settle in'. |