Scientific Name:
Anemone coronaria
Pronunciation:
an-eh-MOE-nee KO-row-nar-ee-ah
Common Name:
anemone
Family Name:
Ranunculaceae
Plant Type:
Flowering cut plant
Key ID Features:
Leaves lobed, and arranged in a basal rosette of 3 incised leaflets; flowers 3-8cm wide, species with 5-8 petal-like sepals (several cultivars have many more), and many dark stamens and pistils.
Habit:
Spreading, Upright
Form:
Round
Texture:
Medium - fine
Mature Height:
0.2 - 0.4m
Mature Spread:
0.1 - 0.3m
Growth Rate:
Fast
Origin:
Europe
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 8b: (-9.4 to -7 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Acidic, Alkaline
Landscape Uses:
Cut flower or foliage, Perennial border
Additional Info:
Google. Compare to De Caen Mix which has large poppy-like flowers with black stamens.
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Dissected, Compound
Arrangement:
Basal
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible
Surfaces:
Glabrous
Compound Leaf:
Digitate (palmate), Trifoliate (ternate)
Shapes:
Ovate
Apices:
Acute
Margins:
Pinnately lobed, Serrate
Course(s):
- HORT 1193/1293
Location(s):
- (BCE) Boulevard (Circular) Eastend : labyrinth - De Caen group
- (GNH) GreeNHouse
- (WLG) WoodLand Garden