Anemone Coronaria

Anemone is a cousin of Ranunculus as both these beautiful flowers belong to the family ranunculaceae. Both have similar leaf structures and flower blooms on long stems.They have tuberous roots that can be saved for next year flowering. Their flowers are beautiful and eye catching.

My experience with sowing anemone was very bad. I bought 8 tubers of 2 of each colors. only three of them sprouted. Mistake was mine because i was careless in sowing them. I soaked them for few hours and then planted them directly in flowerbed in October. by doing so i committed two mistakes

Mistake number 1: It was too early for them to sow, they should have been planted in November.

Mistake number 2: I should have planted them in sand first and after the tubers produced roots i should have shifted them to flowerbed. more about this technique can be learned from brother Khabbab from his page http://www.lahoregardening.com/2009/12/growing-flowering-bulbs-in-warm-climates-anemone.html?189db0

I also learned that they gives their best display in pots planted all togather rather than is flowerbeds and that too spaced apart. All these 8 tubers should have been planted in a single pot of 10 inches diameter.

Anyhow they have  wonderful flowers and especially the red ones looks amazing. for me they have sprouted in three colors, red, white and purple.



Initially they look a bit greenish but when in full bloom the turn to their full white color



This is blue anemone also looks amazing but this particular flower was smaller then the rest of the varieties. hope other blooms are much bigger.


Red is my favorite among them. It develops a white center as the flower ages which looks amazing. Will share more pictures as flowers are continuing to bloom.

I will also try to find average number of flowers per anemone plants. some said it produced 8 to 10 flowers per plant but i have not experienced it so fingers crossed