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 basal with 3 incised-deeply lobed leaflets, most 5-7cm long x 7-8cm wide; flowers poppy-like, 3-8cm wide, species with 6-8 petal-like sepals (several cultivars have many more), and rings of many dark stamens forming a crown around the tightly packed pistils, appear above the foliage on a long peduncle with 3 leaf-like bracts; fruit an aggregate of woolly achenes.
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 (Caution: poisonous parts)
Additional Info:
Google. Popular cultivars include those in the De Caen Group (large poppy-like flowers with black stamens), and A. 'St. Brigid' (numerous tepals).
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Lobed, Dissected, Compound
Arrangement:
Basal
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible
Surfaces:
Glabrous
Compound Leaf:
Digitate (palmate), Trifoliate (ternate)
Shapes:
Ovate
Apices:
Acute
Margins:
Pinnately lobed, Serrate
Inflorescence Type:
Flowers solitary
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
0
Corolla Shape:
Rotate/stellate
Ovary Position:
Superior
Colour (petals):
Showy, White, Blue, Purple, Pink, Red
Flower Time at Peak:
Apr, May, Jun
Additional Info:
Indeterminate bloom time
Fruit Type:
Aggregate fruit, Achene
Fruit Colour:
Brown
Fruiting Time:
Jul
Additional Info:
Showy
Bark Morphology:
Smooth
Bark or Stem Colour:
n/a
Organ Modifications:
Leaf-like bracts, Rhizomes, Tubers
Propagation:
Seed
Maintenance:
Low
Pest Susceptibility:
Thrips (Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant)
Course(s):
- HORT 1193/1293
Location(s):
- (BCE) Boulevard (Circular) Eastend : labyrinth - De Caen group
- (GNH) GreeNHouse
- (WLG) WoodLand Garden