Snowdrop Anemone
Anemone sylvestris
Lovely perennial useful for naturalizing in rockeries and in sunny woodland borders. Slightly fragrant flowers are borne above soft-textured blue-green foliage. Spreads by underground stems.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | a-NEM-oh-nee sil-VES-tris |
| Key feature: | Fragrant |
| Plant type: | Perennial |
| Garden style: | Mediterranean |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Herbaceous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 2 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Filtered sun |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate growing to 12 to 18 in. tall, spreading to 12 in. wide or more. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Flower attribute: | Fragrant |
| Landscape uses: | Rock Garden, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Late spring to summer |
| Foliage color: | Blue-green |
| Item no.: | 0274 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. For a neat appearance, remove old foliage before new leaves emerge. Divide clumps every 2 to 3 years in early spring.
Design Ideas
This unique anemone is a forest floor dweller and therefore belongs beneath tree canopies in gardens. Blend with ferns and other understory species to create interesting shade garden floral effects. Shade tolerance makes it an excellent choice for sideyards and city gardens dominated by tall buildings.
Companion Plants
This anemone is lovely with American Maidenhair Fern, (Adiantum pedatum), Clementine Mix Columbine, (Aquilegia vulgaris 'Clementine Formula Mix'), King of Hearts Bleeding Heart,(Dicentra x 'King of Hearts') and Golden Japanese Forest Grass, (Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola').
History
The genus Anemone contains about 120 species from around the world in the North Temperate Zone. Its species name describes the tendency of this plant to dwell in the "sylvan" or forest environments of Europe, southwest Asia and Siberia. This A. sylvestris was known in ancient times with only a few cultivars, unlike the Japanese anemones that came to the west far later and spawned a wealth of garden varieties.
Lore
Linnaeus named this genus for a mythological Greek goddess closely associated with the flowers in Old World folklore.
Lovely perennial useful for naturalizing in rockeries and in sunny woodland borders. Slightly fragrant flowers are borne above soft-textured blue-green foliage. Spreads by underground stems.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. For a neat appearance, remove old foliage before new leaves emerge. Divide clumps every 2 to 3 years in early spring.
Design Ideas
This unique anemone is a forest floor dweller and therefore belongs beneath tree canopies in gardens. Blend with ferns and other understory species to create interesting shade garden floral effects. Shade tolerance makes it an excellent choice for sideyards and city gardens dominated by tall buildings.
Companion Plants
This anemone is lovely with American Maidenhair Fern, (Adiantum pedatum), Clementine Mix Columbine, (Aquilegia vulgaris 'Clementine Formula Mix'), King of Hearts Bleeding Heart,(Dicentra x 'King of Hearts') and Golden Japanese Forest Grass, (Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola').
History
The genus Anemone contains about 120 species from around the world in the North Temperate Zone. Its species name describes the tendency of this plant to dwell in the "sylvan" or forest environments of Europe, southwest Asia and Siberia. This A. sylvestris was known in ancient times with only a few cultivars, unlike the Japanese anemones that came to the west far later and spawned a wealth of garden varieties.
Lore
Linnaeus named this genus for a mythological Greek goddess closely associated with the flowers in Old World folklore.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | a-NEM-oh-nee sil-VES-tris |
| Key feature: | Fragrant |
| Plant type: | Perennial |
| Garden style: | Mediterranean |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Herbaceous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 2 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Filtered sun |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate growing to 12 to 18 in. tall, spreading to 12 in. wide or more. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Flower attribute: | Fragrant |
| Landscape uses: | Rock Garden, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Late spring to summer |
| Foliage color: | Blue-green |
| Item no.: | 0274 |
