Here's looking at you
In this, the season of endings, there are still new beginnings happening in Janet's garden.
My grape-leafed anemone has produced a couple of clutches of flower buds, vaguely reminiscent of alien eyes, but promising to be so much more beautiful. Not that I have any personal experience of staring into alien eyes, you understand. I may be a bit of a science fiction fan, but not to the point of being delusional.
This is another candidate for relocation, as the foliage stays somewhat lower than I expected. In front of some lilies might be good, as the anemone would stay lower than the lily blooms earlier in the season, and mask the less interesting foliage later on.
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4 comments:
I LOVE these plants. I have Honerine Jobert and Pamila as well as Robustissima, and want more.
Nothing is so cheery as their waving flowers in the fall.
Marvelous plants.
And I've bookmarked your all-purpose spray. Looks excellent.
Yea! Can't wait to see photos of the bloom! I grew grape-leaf anemones from seed this year. Out of a whole package of seed (50? seeds?), I have two (maybe three) survivors. I'm looking forward to them blooming next year.
Janet, by the second year the foliage may be somewhat fuller - when I grew it, this plant definitely had presence as it established.
I also found out that snipping out the spent blossoms from the flower cluster kept them in bloom for a longer time.
Looking at your photo makes me miss my Robustissima!
Annie in Austin
Thanks for the tips, Annie! I'll deadhead religiously. I'm now wishing I had planted those wild asters. They'd make a great pair!
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