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Anemone blanda

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Anemone blanda
Spring Flowering Anemone, Windflower
Their early blooming daisy- or poppy-like flowers and ferny foliage are a mainstay of the spring garden.

 


Anemone blanda (Grecian windflower)
Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of White Flower Farm
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Anemone blanda
( Atrocaerulea Windflower )
Anemones are variable perennials with rhizomatous, tuberous, fleshy, or fibrous rootstocks. Most anemones produce both stem and basal leaves that are rounded to oval and mid- to dark green.

Anemone blanda
Genus: Anemone
Species: blanda
The Greek translation of the word Anemone refers to how plants in this Genus seem to like growing in windy, exposed places; hence the common name.

Anemone blanda
Common name: Grecian windflower
Anemone coronaria
Common name: De Caen anemone, Florist anemone, Poppy anemone ...

Anemone blanda 'Blue Shades' Grecian windflower
perennial, average care
created by chief cultivator
zones: 4a thru 7b ...

Anemone blanda AGM - blue/white-pink flowers. Height and spread 15cm (6in).
Convallaria majalis AGM (lily-of-the-valley) - scented, white flowers. Height 23cm (9in) and spread 30cm (12in).
Cyclamen hederifolium AGM - spread; pink flowers.

Anemone blanda
Eranthus
Nerium bowdenii
So - ready to give bulbs a go and widen your horizons? Stay tuned to this section which is under preparation.

Anemone blanda - Grecian Windflower
Anemone coronaria - Poppy Anemone
Begonia species - Tuberous Begonia
Caladium species - Caladium
Colchicum species - Autumn Crocus
Crinum species - Milk And Wine Lily
Crocus species - Fall Blooming Crocus ...

KEY: Anemone blanda 'White Splendour': 1, Aquilegia flabellate: 2, Athyrium niponicum var. pictum: 3, Brunnera macrophylla: 4, B. m. 'Jack Frost': 5, Chionodoxa luciliae: 6, Dianthus 'Bath's Pink': 7, Dicentra 'Ivory Hearts': 8, D.

Greek anemone (Anemone blanda 'Blue Shades')
Snowdrop anemone (Anemone sylvestris)
Japanese Anemone (Anemone hupehensis var. japonica) ...

Blue Shades Anemone [English]: Anemone blanda blue shades
Blue Shadow Witch Alder [English]: Fothergilla major 'Blue Shadow'
Blue Shadows Hosta [English]: Hosta 'Blue Shadows'
Blue Sheen Daylily [English]: Hemerocallis 'Blue Sheen' ...

Grecian windflower (Anemone blanda)
Greek oregano, oregano (Origanum heracleoticum, Origanum vulgare hirtum)
Green taro (Colocasia esculenta)
Gum tree (Eucalyptus species)
Hair grass (Eleocharis acicularis)
Hakone grass (Hakonechloa macra) ...

Anemone blanda (Greek Anemone, Windflower)
Anemone canadensis (Canadian Anemone)
Anemone coronaria (Lilies-of-the-field, Poppy-flowered Anemone)
Anemone fulgens (Scarlet Windflower)
Anemone huhepensis (Japanese Thimbleweed, Japanese Anemone) ...

While most of them grow from creeping rhizomes, Grecian windflower (Anemone blanda) and poppy anemone (A. coronaria) grow from tubers.

See also: Anemone, Windflower, Green, Pink, Forsythia

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