Japanese anemone (Anemone japonica) is an incredibly elegant garden culture. Her delicate, as if painted with pastel, flowers touchingly flutter in the wind. They look like spring color, but in fact, the Japanese autumn anemone, it pleases the eye in the final garden season.

This anemone is a cultivated perennial rhizomatous plant of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). Its leaves are oval, pinnately dissected, painted in dark green. The buds on the Japanese anemone appear in late July - early August. Blooming white or pale pink elegant cupped flowers with yellow cores do not fall until mid-autumn.

Flowers up to 8 cm in diameter.

The height of the bush is from 40 cm to 1 m or more, depending on the variety.

By the way, there are quite a few varieties of this plant, most of them are hybrid:

• Queen Charlotte (bush up to 1 m with large semi-double pink flowers);
• September Charm (the height of a bush with delicate pink flowers with a golden center can reach 120 cm);
• Prince Henric (also a tall shrub, but the buds on it are red);
• Pamina (bush up to 1 m with burgundy buds);
• Whirlwind (80 cm shrub with white flowers);
• Profusion (plant taller than 1 m with semi-double dark purple flower petals);
• Honorine Jobert ( tall plant with white flowers with pink trim).

The Japanese anemone is also called the anemone, allegedly because Greek word anemos means "wind". But there is another legend associated with this plant. According to her, the flower grew from the blood of Naaman, a character from Old Testament(Genesis 46:21). The Semitic term anemone means "weeping for the dead Naaman."

It is enough to see once in reality or in a photo how the Japanese anemone decorates the autumn garden in order to want to acquire ornamental plant and in your area.

Japanese anemone on its own site: planting and care

Light

Despite the external fragility of the flower, the Japanese anemone is not the most whimsical plant. She feels quite good in both direct sunlight and shade. In the first case, you need to make sure that the amount of moisture it receives is sufficient. The only place that the anemone categorically dislikes is the shade of buildings and large trees. Even if the plant takes root, it is not worth expecting it to bloom in such conditions.

The soil

The Japanese autumn anemone thrives best on moist, porous, humus-rich soil that absorbs water well. The garden plant does not like sandy, clay or dense ground soils.

Every year in spring time mulch can be used. In this case, it will protect the soil and provide the plant extra food rotted manure, well-decomposed peat or garden compost.

You can plant a Japanese anemone near other bushes and flowers, but not near trees with a powerful root system.

Watering

The Japanese anemone does not like excessive humidity, therefore, in spring and autumn, it usually does not need watering. In the summer heat, the bushes should be watered sparingly.

Wintering

Japanese anemone in the temperate climate zone can winter outdoors. It withstands frosts up to 20-26 degrees, if you re-mulch and cover the root system with branches deciduous trees or pawpaw.

reproduction

Sowing seeds

With patience and perseverance, you can try to grow a Japanese autumn anemone from seeds. You need to know that only every fourth germinates, and then on condition that the seed is freshly harvested.

If the sowing of seeds is planned to be carried out in the spring, it is necessary to carry out stratification - to withstand the material in the cold.

The incorporation should be prepared shallow, otherwise, even if the seeds hatch, fragile shoots will not be able to break through the large and dense layer earth.

Japanese anemone seeds planted in spring will hatch in a month. Excessive moisture adversely affects young shoots.

Planted in spring, anemones bloom in the same summer.

Propagation by vegetative means

During the summer and autumn, anemone plantations grow well. Their division should be carried out at the end of autumn, when the plants have faded.

dangers

Caterpillars and slugs, as well as some types of beetles, are dangerous for the Japanese anemone. The plant can get sick and even die if it is struck by a fungus. To prevent this from happening, you can add sea salt or sea sand to the soil on which the Japanese anemone grows, they have pronounced bactericidal and antifungal properties.

Precautionary measures

A beautiful and delicate Japanese autumn anemone, however, can be dangerous to humans. Its juice, once on the skin or mucous membranes, causes irritation.

Japanese anemone and landscape design

Landscape designers are happy to show photos of stunningly beautiful flower arrangements, one of the elements of which is an autumn anemone. It perfectly coexists with asters, chrysanthemums, verbena, delphiniums and gladioli.

The fragile, touching beauty of the flowering anemone, or anemone, is associated primarily with primroses. However, the extensive genus includes several species, the flowering of which lasts from mid-August to serious autumn frosts. Large delicate flowers late-flowering anemones combined with lush dahlias and chrysanthemums will add a special lightness to autumn compositions.

A bit of history

All late-flowering autumn anemones are combined into a group of "Japanese", whose homeland is the mountainous regions of China, from where they came to England in the middle of the 19th century. But autumn-flowering anemones are still called Japanese (Anemone japonica), since they were described according to a herbarium model in Japan even before they came to Europe. After detailed study botanists felt anemones (A. tomentosa), vine-leaved (A. vitifolia), Hubei (A. hupehensis) and the so-called "Japanese" it turned out that the Japanese anemone is just a subspecies of the Hubei (Anemone hupehensis var. japonica). AT modern classification the Hubei anemone and its subspecies are united by the general term Anemone scabiosa, however, gardeners have retained the former collective name of the group - the Japanese anemone.

As soon as these types of wild anemones appeared in Europe, they won the hearts of gardeners. Active breeding work immediately began - both within and between species. All natural forms took part in hybridization, however, most of the hybrids were obtained as a result of work with the grape-leaved anemone and the Japanese subspecies of the Hubei anemone. Obtained as a result of interspecific selection hybrid varieties Anemone hybrida turned out to be so good that they quickly replaced all other types and varieties of autumn anemones.

General characteristics of the group

All autumn anemones have a strong peduncle 0.4 to 1.5 m high and a powerful strong vertical rhizome. There are many renewal buds on the roots extending from the rhizome, so the plant grows very quickly and over time, after two or three years, forms whole thickets.

Basal leaves are large, collected in a rosette up to 0.4 m high. bright color and nice shape- multi-lobed, unevenly serrated along the edges, thanks to which the plant is decorative throughout the growing season.

Flowers 5-8 cm in diameter, simple cup-shaped or semi-double, delicate color - white, pink, lilac, rarely red.

Popular varieties

As already noted, now in the gardens you can find mainly hybrid varieties of autumn anemones. These are mainly compact plants, not exceeding 1 m in height, tall varieties are rare.

hardy varieties: Koenigin Charlotte - pink terry, Prinz Heinrich - red terry and Wirbelwind - white terry.

Other common terry varieties: with white flowers - Louise Uhink, with pink - Elegantissima and September Charm (tall, up to 1.2 m); with red - Profusion (tall, above 1 m); with lilac - Pamina, two-tone - Kriemhilde (purple-pink).

Among varieties with simple cup-shaped flowers, snow-white Honorine Jobert (very tall, more than 1.5 m), Andrea Atkinson and Alba, pink Pgaecox, Lady Gilmour and Bressingham Glow deserve special attention.

It should be noted separately felted anemone and its varieties. Of the autumn anemones, they are the hardiest. From the point of view of decorativeness, felt anemone varieties are inferior to hybrid ones in terms of abundance of flowering and, perhaps, therefore, are not so popular among gardeners. But if you are a beginner gardener, it might be better to start with them. The most famous varieties are Robustissima, Albadura, Septemberglanz. The flowers of all varieties are pink, differ in the intensity of color.

From the point of view of decorativeness, felt anemone varieties are inferior to hybrid ones in terms of flowering abundance.

Landing and care

Landing place. Plants should be illuminated by the sun throughout the first half of the day, the rest of the time to be in partial shade.

Landing. When planting in heavy soil, sand should be added, in acidic soil - ash. If the soil is poor in organic matter, compost or well-rotted manure must be introduced during planting. Fresh manure can kill the plant. Anemones are planted both in spring and autumn, but rooting is more successful in spring. If you have a rhizome as a planting material, before planting it should be kept for a couple of hours in a solution of an antifungal drug, then planted in prepared soil, deepening the root collar by 2–3 cm. The distance between plants is about 0.5 m, since bushes with the second year will begin to grow strongly.

The main enemies of Japanese anemones are deep shade, stagnant water, heavy and acidic soils!

Watering. Anemone is moisture-loving, but does not tolerate strong acidification of the soil. If the plantings are mulched with a layer of 4-5 cm organic matter in the form of foliage, bark or compost, then it will be much easier to maintain a normal moisture regime.

Top dressing. During the season, fertilizing with mineral fertilizers with trace elements should be carried out, especially during and after flowering, and ash should be applied several times during the season. Fertilizers of the Green Guy series are well suited.

Weeding. Weeds should be removed in a timely manner, always by hand, so as not to damage the delicate roots.

Preparing for winter. Anemone is a frost-resistant plant, because its homeland is mountainous China. She does not tolerate cold dampness, so shelter is still needed for the winter - a layer organic mulch about 15 cm high and spruce branches. If, nevertheless, your anemone is frozen, do not touch the area where it grows - most likely, from the renewal buds on roots will go young offspring.

Reproduction. Since the autumn anemone itself quickly spreads over the site, the easiest way is to reproduce by shoots. Just in the spring, separate the emerging sprout with a segment of the root and transfer to a new place.

Japanese anemone in garden design

The Japanese anemone is a wonderful garden decoration throughout the season. It is good both in monoculture and as a background plant for summer flower beds, as well as in autumn flower beds in combination with large-leaved hydrangea, astilbe, aconite, and aster.

White-flowered varieties of anemones look unusually beautiful (for example, one of the tallest varieties of Honorine Jobert, which is particularly plentiful and long flowering) in the far corners of the autumn garden, which become especially gloomy in late autumn.

Autumn Japanese anemone (Hubei)

From the entire huge genus Anemone, spring and autumn flowers. The former have a fast growing season and flower in the spring. Autumn Japanese anemones attract gardeners because they bloom when other plants go into a dormant stage. Japanese look includes many varieties, the flowering period of which falls precisely in the fall. In this issue, we will learn about the most prominent representatives species group and look at the photo of popular garden varieties.

Let's talk about when the Hubei anemone blooms in autumn and offer to consider such popular varieties species like Pamina and Prince Heinrich.

Look at the Japanese autumn anemones in the photo, which shows a wide variety of shades of buds:

Perennial Japanese anemones

Perennial Japanese anemones are plants with a long growing season. In height, the bush can reach from 90 to 120 cm. It is formed by thin elastic stems. On upright shoots are sessile leaf plates of a rich green color scheme. Autumn anemones bloom as the rest of the garden finishes its growing season and prepares to go dormant. This happens either in August or already in the fall.

Often Japanese anemones are also called Hubei, but this is a separate species or subspecies, the plants of which are less tall and reach a height of only 50-90 cm. The buds formed during the active life period are small or up to 2-3 cm in diameter. There are little known large-flowered varieties. Most often, the flowers of the Japanese autumn anemone are pink or with a reddish tint. The bud consists of bright involucre leaves and yellow flowers, collected in a core with pistils and stamens.

See what a Japanese autumn anemone can look like in a photo showing the richness of the shapes and colors of the buds:

Japanese anemones "Prince Heinrich" and "Pamina"

Japanese anemone blooms are long and graceful. Flowers are collected in bouquets on long slender peduncles. In floriculture in Central Russia, perennial requires careful care and digging bulbs winter storage at home. All because the plant has low frost resistance. Among the most famous decorative garden forms distinguish the following:

1. Capricious Japanese anemone "Prince Heinrich" - a plant very whimsical to the ground, does not take root on dry infertile soils. Perennial tall, reaches 120 cm in height. Stems are slender and erect. Numerous flowers are formed on their tops, collected in umbrella inflorescences-bouquets of several pieces. In diameter, the diameter of the inflorescence is about 15-20 cm.
   
   
   
2. Autumn anemone "Pamina" - a tall variety with burgundy-red inflorescences collected from small flowers. The flowering period comes very early - in mid-July and lasts up to 30-40 days. In horticulture, this variety is very popular, especially in Russia.
   
   
   
3. Queen Charlotte - reaches 80-90 cm in height. The form is large-flowered and very decorative, as its buds reach up to 7-8 cm in diameter. The color of the buds is pinkish.
   
   
   
4. Honorie Jobert - flowers of a snow-white variety, the core is rich yellow. It begins flowering at the end of summer and fades by the first frost.
   
   
   

When does anemone bloom in autumn?

Many novice flower growers are wondering when the flowering phase of a particular plant will begin. is no exception and given culture. In most cases, anemones go into deep dormancy in the fall, ready to wake up quickly and begin flowering in early spring. However, there is a special group of these flowers that give bright buds during the autumn months. About when the anemone blooms in autumn, you can talk for a long time.

Properly planned flower bed holiday season looks attractive. Particularly good flowering plants in autumn time of the year. They are pleasing to the eye bright colors against the background of withering plants. Among these flowers is the Japanese anemone (anemone).

How to grow anemones from seeds and what care is needed for this tender plant, we will consider in this article?

Anemone description: photo

Anemone is one of the incredibly tender horticultural crops It is a plant from the Buttercup family. The genus Anemone has more than 100 species distributed throughout the world. Anemones grow well in Japan, Europe, North America. The most popular Japanese anemones, with a description of which we suggest that you familiarize yourself.

In spite of a large number of they have many varieties of anemones general characteristics. All flowers are distinguished by a strong and slender stem, about 1 meter high. The stem can be higher depending on the variety. It does not need support and has rich green leaves. The stem looks like a bouquet, as several flowers appear from it. They have a certain color petals with a yellow core.

In the middle of summer, it throws out strong stems with dense buds, and then flowers bloom from them:

• white;
• yellow;
• pink;
• blue;
• red.

They have many shades. Each bud consists of 4-20 petals. Terry specimens are distinguished by a large number. After the color, the fruit appears in the form of a nut.. Seeds are located directly on its surface and disperse on their own. Their germination rate is quite low. The anemone has dense roots, but sometimes tubers are also found. The buttercup family is considered poisonous plants, so their juice can cause burns if it comes into contact with the skin.

Anemone species

All types of these flowers are divided into spring and summer (autumn). Each of them has its own flowering period. For decorative floriculture, the following types are most often used:

• anemone japonica;
• hybrid;
• anemone;
• anemone hupebensis japonica.

Pamina belongs to early-flowering varieties, as it blooms in July-August. It has large cup-shaped double flowers. They are usually dark color pink almost burgundy. This plant has a compact form and grows up to 90 cm in height. Such flowers are great option for landing in small gardens.

Prince Heinrich- This is a flower with large semi-double flowers of bright pink color. Its flowers consist of 10-15 narrow sepals.

Hubei anemone This is a fairly tall plant. Its stem reaches 120-150 cm and blooms with pale pink flowers.

hybrid anemone grows in height from 80 to 120 cm. It blooms from August to October, delighting the eye with beautiful white flowers with a beautiful pink border. Her decorative forms also available in other shades:

• rich pink;
• purplish red;
• pale pink.

Anemone japanese anemone She will always look attractive if she is well cared for.

Landing area

Planting and growing Japanese autumn anemones is acceptable in well-lit areas. It will also grow well in partial shade. The plant prefers light and fertile, air and water permeable soils. In spring, she needs mulching in the form of compost or rotted manure.

The plant is considered quite capricious in care., because it doesn't wrap:

• stressed infertile soils;
• drafts;
• lack of moisture;
• scorching rays of the sun.

Based on these requirements, the anemone cannot be planted in an area where the sun constantly shines. She also cannot stand solid shadow. good place for planting Japanese anemones will be a site where the sun shines in the morning. She needs in the morning after a cool night in sunshine, and during the day the shade from growing trees or buildings suits her. The earth before planting should be sure to dig up, add bird droppings or wood ash and fertilize with peat. After that, be sure to loosen.

Landing

Anemone is different universal ways breeding. It can be planted using:

• seeds;
• tubers;
• division of the bush.

The fastest method is considered to be planting rhizomes. Use this planting method only in early spring. Usually planting material is bought in the market or in a specialized store.

Planting tubers should be lowered into a container with warm water for about 4 hours. This will serve as a good and invigorating shower for the plant. Such a shower will help the plant recover from winter dormancy. Some growers trim the edges of the roots before planting so that they better take root in the soil. The cropping method may or may not be used.

Another popular way is preliminary planting of tubers in a pot. The container is covered with a mixture of peat and sand. The roots must be buried to a depth of 5 cm. It will be easier for the roots to germinate in fertilized soil. After the roots germinate, the tubers are transplanted in a plot with a depth of 15 cm and a diameter of 30 cm. After planting, the soil should be well compacted and the seedling should be watered abundantly with water.

division method very similar to planting tubers. The root must be divided by the maximum large quantity parts. For this, a root is suitable, at least 2 years old. It should grow well and get stronger. This method of transplanting anemones is carried out 1 time in 2 years.

Growing from seeds

If you plant an anemone with seeds, then flowering after sowing with seeds will have to wait much longer. With proper sowing, the anemone will bloom in next year. Seeds are sown in a container a month before the snow melts. Depending on the climatic conditions sowing is done in January-March.

Before sowing, you need to dip the seeds in wet sand so that they swell. For this use river sand and for a couple of days they lower the seeds into it and monitor the maintenance of moisture in the sand. After that, the seeds, along with sand, are mixed with peat. Seed embedding is performed shallowly. This will make it easier for them to break through a dense layer of soil. The container is placed on a balcony or veranda with a temperature of 5 ° C, so that the flowers go through the first stage of hardening.

After seed germination, the second stage of hardening occurs. Now the tray with sprouts must be taken out into the snow. The container is sprinkled with sawdust and left until the snow comes off the soil. In the spring, seedlings should be planted in open ground. To do this, you must follow all the rules of watering and fertilizing the soil. At good care the anemone may bloom in the same year.

If sow early varieties Japanese anemones, then it will have time to get stronger, but will bloom only next year.

Japanese anemone care

In anemones, roots are considered a weak point.. Despite the fact that they are powerful, they are very sensitive to the chemical environment and external stimuli. For this reason, special attention should be paid to the soil in which the flowers will grow. Anemone refers to moisture-loving plants, however, she does not like excessive moisture and its stagnation. This will negatively affect the roots of the plant, they can rot. Watering is recommended to be carried out no more than 1 time per day..

All weeds should be removed in a timely manner, otherwise they will take minerals from the anemone. Weeds are best removed by hand so as not to damage the sensitive anemone roots. For the normal growth and development of plants it is necessary to loosen the soil in the flower bed every week.

Before the onset of winter, it is recommended to cover the flowers with branches so that they survive the winter normally. When growing flowers in northern regions a layer of branches does not save them from frost if they are grown from tubers. To save the tubers, they should be dug up before the onset of frost, placed in a jar of peat and stored until spring.

Most gardeners use mulch when growing Japanese anemones. Helps regulate moisture levels in the soil. It will also serve as protection against weed growth. Mulching will make it possible to water the plants less often and keep the moisture in the soil, prevent it from drying out in winter and protect it from frost. For this use:

• dry leaves;
• compost;
• tree bark.

Autumn anemones in the garden

Well-groomed and healthy anemones always look great in the garden. Few flowers can match their exquisite beauty. Low-growing varieties are often used in landscape design as a decor around shrubs and trees with an openwork crown. Anemones look very impressive when they are planted in large arrays.

These plantings along the paths look wonderful. Fringed paths look much more attractive. Some varieties are ideal for decorating ponds. Densely planted groups of Japanese anemone will perfectly complement the composition of green shrubs and small trees in the garden. Terry anemones will add charm to everything personal plot.

Japanese anemone, or hybrid, is a flowering perennial that is a wonderful decoration for flower beds in the second half of the garden season.
, combined under the name "Japanese", refer to autumn-flowering anemones.
Unfortunately, the magnificent varieties of Japanese anemones bred by breeders of the world with a variety of colors of simple or semi-double flowers are still infrequently found in Russian amateur gardens ...

“Charming Japanese girl” - my Japanese anemone fully deserves such an epithet. By the way, the anemone used to be called masculine "anemone".

From the name of the plant it is clear that the birthplace of this wonderful flower is Japan. In my opinion, of all the other anemone species available (, anemone daffodil, or forest), the Japanese anemone is the most decorative and most hardy!

Purchasing and Planting Japanese Anemones

The Japanese anemone appeared in my garden by accident. Coming to my relatives in the Kuban, I always rushed to the market to wander through the flower rows. After all, in the south of the country the choice garden plants much richer than we have in the suburbs.
And then one day in the Kuban market, an old woman, holding out to me some kind of dark root without a stem, offered to buy it. Having carefully looked at the bare "hook" without thin sucking roots, I doubted whether it was a flower, and asked for its name. However, the seller did not know the name of the flower. But she assured me that this flower is very beautiful; and offered a symbolic price for it.
So I became the owner of this rare plant.

I planted a purchased plant in my garden on sunny place, not sparing humus. Watered, weeded and waited with interest: what will grow?
Finally, the day came when my planted dark root, without signs of life, released the first leaves. They were large, delicate, unusual shape(botanists call them thrice pinnate).
Then the first stem appeared from the sprouted root.

Japanese anemone blossom

The peduncle rose half a meter above the leaves and released buds that surprised with their structure.
From the main stem of the peduncle departed to different sides seven thin stems, the ends of which were crowned with large rose buds. When they opened one by one, an amazing sight appeared!

I admired large (up to 6 cm in diameter) pale pink flowers with expressive stamens in the middle. And the strong peduncle stood firmly - not afraid of either rains or winds.
The opening flowers flaunted on this plant for a very long time, up to, giving a special flavor to my flower garden.

After the end of flowering, I cut off the flower stalks. But the picturesque shrub looked great even without flowers: round, compact, with unusual carved leaves, it remained noticeable in the garden.

next season small plant already gained momentum. The bush has grown and revealed to the world all its charm and unexpected magnificent beauty.
An adult Japanese anemone bush produces at least a dozen flower stalks. And each peduncle is crowned with a bouquet of 8-10 large pale pink flowers. They are wonderful - rampage, celebrating the holiday of life. The photograph of Japanese anemone blossoms, unfortunately, is able to convey only a part of this holiday...

Japanese anemone care

To fully enjoy the beauty of the Japanese anemone in your garden, you should know its needs.
The planting site of the rhizome should be sunny, open or light partial shade. Anemones grow well next to bushes, but not under trees. Being in the shade of trees, the high flower stalks of the Japanese anemone bend, stretching closer to the sun.

The soil can be any, but non-acidic, loose and fertilized with rotted manure. On the fertile soil Japanese anemone will show itself from the very better side and successfully reproduces - will give good shoots that will bloom next year.

Watering the Japanese anemone requires infrequent, but plentiful.
If the bush grows on soil rich in organic matter, then during the garden season the plant will not need to be fed, with the exception of the first. In early spring, when the first shoots appear, you should feed the Japanese anemone nitrogen fertilizer(I use urea, 1 tablespoon per bucket of water).

The Japanese anemone will gratefully respond to irrigation, as well as a solution of potassium humate with trace elements (during the budding period). As a result, such a “well-fed” plant will give more flowers, easily endure temperature changes and withstand pests and diseases.

In September, when the Japanese anemone has faded, its numerous flower stalks should be cut off so as not to weaken the plant by setting unnecessary seeds.

Japanese anemone breeding

Japanese anemone breeding different ways: seeds, rhizome division and even summer cuttings.

Anemone seeds germinate poorly (it will help this process), and its seedlings will bloom only after two years.

Easiest to pass vegetative reproduction. It is necessary to dig out new shoots from the anemone bush, coming from the root, and immediately plant them in the ground.

You can plant Japanese anemone delenki both in autumn and in spring. In the conditions of the Moscow region spring plantings give the best result.
young plant should be watered regularly and be sure to shade with lutrasil (at least for five days) before rooting.

Wintering Japanese anemone

The leaves of the Japanese anemone are not cut before wintering, only in the fall they pour humus or peat under the bush (at least 5 cm layer). And also I bring in potassium and superphosphate, planting fertilizer in the ground.

In the south and in middle lane the Japanese anemone hibernates without shelter, and in more northern areas it needs shelter.

Japanese anemone is a very grateful and elegant flower. She will surely thank the grower for love and care, filling the garden with her unusual beauty and special color.

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