Description
The wood anemone is a perennial of the buttercup family. It occurs throughout Europe except for the far south and north, in eastern and northern Asia as far as Japan and Kamchatka, and in North America from California to Alaska. As many as 120 species of anemone occur in the northern hemisphere. In Poland it is common in deciduous lowland forests and in the lower parts of the mountains. It is also often found in thickets and meadows. It flowers from March to May. In rain the flowers close and droop.
It is grown as an ornamental plant in home gardens and borders. Anemones are also used as cut flowers.
Requirements
It likes slightly acidic, fresh, fertile and moist soils. It grows in shady places and is frost-hardy.
Care
Because the above-ground parts die back quickly after flowering, plant it only among other plants, for example hostas. Plant it in naturalistic schemes in large groups of 10–20 together – about 15 plants per square metre.