Re: Anemone blanda
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- Subject: Re: Anemone blanda
- From: J* G* a* O* P*
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:05:46 GMT
The message <f.e4f2357.278dbc78@aol.com>
from Blee811@aol.com contains these words:
> In a message dated 1/10/01 2:05:58 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> louise@the-english-family.freeserve.co.uk writes:
> << anemone blanda - I seem to remember putting some bulbs
> of this in last autumn (is it spring flowering? - can't remember).
> >>
> I love this plant, but can't seem to keep it going. Does anybody have great
> success with it who can share the secret? I've been told it likes leaf mold,
> as it would get on a forest floor. I've also been told to soak the corms for
> 24 hours before planting. I've done both, but it does not persist, if it
> even survives to appear the first season.
> Help.
> Bill Lee
> Z6a Cincinnati
It's not quite like Anemone nemerosa etc, in that above all it seems
to like good drainage rather than woodsy conditions. It shouldn't be
necessary to soak the tubers (unlike A. coronaria, etc) and it really
needs a position where it can get some sun as otherwise the flowers
don't open properly. Once it's happy it self-seeds quite nicely. It's
good round the base of trees, a bit like Cyclamen, where it can get
improved drainage from the tree-roots. I would try perhaps a warmer
sunnier position.
Janet Galpin, near Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK, Min temp: -8
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