Delicate, white or pink, flat flowers on long, strong shoots look so homely, as if they have lived in our gardens for hundreds of years. And yet, airy beauties appeared in Central Europe only in the middle of the 19th century.The autumn anemone wandered to us for a long time.In China, where it comes from, it is an ornamental perennial with a centuries-old tradition. From there, via Japan, he went to England, and finally found himself in gardens on the European continent.
Asian anemones are popular perennials. We admire their modest and at the same time effective flowers in pastel colors, decorating the garden at the end of the season.We also value the strong, vital nature of perennials. Autumn anemones are long-lived and have rather low requirements.
They feel so good on a slightly shaded bed with humus-permeable soil that they tend to expand uncontrolledly.Charming anemone flowers can decorate our garden from summer to autumn.However, we should remember to arrange the tubers of early and late varieties and plant them more or less evenly in the bed.
The earliest, in July, various varieties of the Chinese anemone Anemone hupehensis will bloom. Most varieties of the Japanese anemone Anemone japonica and the cobwebe Phlox amplifolia still bloom in October. The best time to plant anemone tubers is in spring.
Autumn anemones are frost resistant. However, at least in the first winter, young plants should be protected from freezing by covering them with a thick layer of autumn leaves or tunics. Cut all dried shoots at the end of winter.
The charming flowers of Asian anemones wonderfully decorate the garden, both when planted in homogeneous compositions and in combinations with other perennials.The flowers of many bedbetting neighbors provide an eye-catching play of colors, such as the magnificent and grand sedum, ophiuchus knotweed, spikelet, autumn asters, rudbeckia, Perowski and woolly purgatory.Tall grasses are also attractive partners for anemones such as miscanthus or reed. Their long blades create a beautiful background and are in no way competing with delicate flowers.
