Feb 07
Anemone hupehensis, commonly known as Japanese anemone, Japanese windflower, or Chinese anemone, is a graceful late-season perennial that produces pink, rose, purple-pink, or white flowers on slender stems above mounds of dark green foliage. While many garden perennials are beginning to fade, Japanese anemones come into their own, flowering from late summer into autumn and …
Feb 07
Anemone coronaria, commonly known as poppy anemone, garden anemone, or windflower, is one of the most colorful spring-flowering anemones. Its brilliant red, pink, violet-blue, purple, and white flowers rise above finely divided foliage on slender stems, creating blooms that resemble brightly colored poppies. Native from the Mediterranean region eastward into western and southwestern Iran, Anemone …
Feb 07
Anemone flowers are a remarkably diverse group of perennials, ranging from tiny spring woodland flowers to brilliant Mediterranean cut flowers and tall Japanese anemones that bloom well into autumn. Their colors include white, pink, red, violet, blue-purple, and magenta, while their growing requirements vary just as widely. That diversity is also why anemone care can …
Feb 06
Yes. Anemone flowers should be considered toxic to cats and should not be intentionally placed where a cat can chew them. Fresh anemone plants contain irritating compounds associated with the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. When fresh plant tissue is crushed or chewed, the glycoside ranunculin can be converted into protoanemonin, a strongly irritating compound that can …
Feb 06
White anemone flowers can look delicate and understated from a distance, but up close they are some of the most distinctive flowers in the genus. Crisp white sepals surround centers that may be golden yellow, green, or dramatically dark, creating combinations that work equally well in woodland gardens, sunny spring borders, cutting gardens, and late-season …
Feb 06
Anemone flowers have accumulated an unusually complicated collection of meanings over the centuries. Today they may symbolize love, remembrance, anticipation, fragility, protection, new beginnings, or the fleeting nature of life, depending on the color, occasion, and cultural interpretation. Historical flower symbolism was considerably less cheerful. Nineteenth-century flower dictionaries associated the garden anemone with being forsaken, …
Feb 03
Anemone flowers are far more diverse than the brightly colored florist anemones most people recognize. The group includes tiny blue spring flowers for rock gardens, white woodland plants that spread beneath deciduous trees, vivid Mediterranean anemones grown for cutting, yellow woodland species, North American wildflowers, and tall Japanese anemones that bloom when summer is beginning …
Feb 03
Red anemone flowers are among the most dramatic members of the anemone family. Their brilliant scarlet, crimson, and cherry-red flowers often surround deep purple or nearly black centers, producing a contrast that stands out in spring borders, containers, cottage gardens, and cut-flower arrangements. Most of the vivid red anemones grown in gardens belong to Anemone …
Feb 01
Cosmos ‘Double Click Rose Bon Bon’ is a tall, romantic garden cosmos prized for its fluffy rose-pink flowers. Unlike the simple daisy-like blooms most people associate with cosmos, this cultivar produces a mixture of fully double and semi-double flowers, creating a ruffled appearance that can resemble small pompons or loose garden roses. The flowers are …
Feb 01
Cosmos ‘Capriola’ is a compact, early-flowering Cosmos bipinnatus cultivar with one of the most distinctive color patterns in the cosmos family. Its large white flowers are edged with rosy red and marked with a deeper crimson to purple-red ring around the golden-yellow center, giving each bloom a hand-painted appearance. Some flowers also develop a small …
