Re: Japanese anemones
- Subject: Re: Japanese anemones
- From: B* C*
- Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 22:44:03 -0500
Nancy, although a number of people have replied already, let me assure you,
as somebody who lives further north than Bowmanville, that you will have no
trouble with your Japanese anemones due to cold.
Some catalogues consistantly underestimate the cold hardiness of plants in
order to avoid having to refund customer's money. Others do so because they
use American books for their information and as we know there are plenty of
American writers out there who feel that anything north of Philidelphia is
tundra and that polar bears may be encountered. I am a good 50 miles north
of you and a half zone, and have no trouble with Japanese anemones,singles
or doubles.
Moreover, I have not found them particularly thuggish-it appears that
anything that doesn't die if rained on becomes an invasive pest in the
Pacific North West. My god, if only I had to worry about Buddleia becoming
invasive the way they do. I have enough trouble getting them to come back
after dieing to ground level every year.
My oldest anemone clump, planted in sandy loam, after five years is only
about a foot across-and if I don't make sure it gets lots of water during
the late summer droughts, that clump is made up of just a few stalks
scattered across the area it normally occupies. In heavier soil and if
watered more frequently than I can manage I'm sure it will be more of a
spreader, but in my area even in regularly watered gardens the runners are
easy to pull out and discard.
Bob Campbell
>From: "Nancy Coffey" <ncoffey@netrover.com>
>Reply-To: perennials@hort.net
>To: "perennials@hort.net" <perennials@hort.net>
>Subject: Japanese anemones
>Date: Tue, 26 Mar 02 15:19:04 -0500
>
>Hello folks,
>
>About three years ago someone gave me a pink, single Japanese anemone.
>It just took off and I have divided it many times since then. Everyone
>I know has had a plant or two from it. I am in Ontario, just to the
>east of Toronto. I guess you would call it Canadian zone 5a. We haven't
>had much snow cover this winter but it also hasn't been too cold, so I
>hope they come back. It is such a beautiful plant and blooms at a time
>of year when there aren't many flowers blooming in my garden.
>
>I just got Vesey's catalogue and they list double Japanese anemones. I
>would love to get some but they say they are hardy in zones 6-10. Has
>anyone in my type of climate had any experience with them? I am tempted
>to give it a try since they are only $16.95CAN for one plant of each of
>three colours, but I'd like to have some prospect of success.
>
>Thanks for all the helpful ideas I've picked up from this group.
>
>Nancy
>Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
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