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Anemones or anemones belong to the buttercup family, which is very numerous. Anemone Prince Henry is the representative japanese anemone... This is exactly how Karl Thunberg described it in the 19th century, since he received herbarium samples from Japan. In fact, her homeland is China, Hubei province, therefore this anemone is often called Hubei.
At home, she prefers well-lit and fairly dry places. Grows in the mountains among deciduous forests or shrubs. Anemone was introduced into the garden culture at the beginning of the last century and won the sympathy of gardeners due to the high decorativeness of strongly dissected leaves and charming very bright pink flowers.
Description
A perennial plant reaches a height of 60-80 cm. Very beautiful dissected leaves are collected in a basal rosette. Their color is dark green. The flower itself has a small curl of leaves on a sturdy stem. The stem itself is tall and bears a bowl-shaped semi-double flower with 20 petals. They can be solitary or collected in small umbellate inflorescences. The color of flowers in the Prince Henry anemone is very bright, most growers consider it a deep pink, but some see it in cherry and purple tones. Prince Henry belongs to the autumn-flowering anemones. Its charming flowers can be seen at the end of August and last for 6 weeks. Overgrown anemones are shown in this photo.
Place anemones in the garden
The Prince Henry anemone is combined with many annuals and perennials: asters, chrysanthemums, Bonar verbena, gladioli, roses, hydrangea. Most often it is planted in autumn mixborders, but this plant may well be a soloist in the foreground of a flower garden. Best of all, Japanese autumn-flowering anemones fit into a natural-type garden.
Caring for anemones is not difficult, since the plant is quite unpretentious, its only drawback is that it does not like transplants.
Site selection and soil for planting
As in their homeland, the Japanese anemone does not tolerate stagnant water, so the site should be well drained and not flooded in spring. The anemone prefers the land loose, light and nutritious. Leafy soil mixed with peat and a little sand is most suitable.
It cannot be planted next to plants with a well-developed root system - they will take away food from the anemone. Do not choose a place for her in the shade. The leaves will remain decorative, but there will be no flowering.
Landing
This plant belongs to rhizome and late flowering, therefore spring planting is preferable. If you do this in the fall, the anemone may simply not take root. Japanese anemones do not tolerate transplanting well; it is better not to disturb their roots without special need.
Anemone is planted in early spring, immediately after the plant wakes up.
Reproduction
This plant reproduces in two ways: vegetatively and by seeds. The first method is preferable, since seed germination is low and it is difficult to grow plants from them.
Vegetative propagation
Usually it is carried out in the spring, carefully dividing the bush into parts.
Can be propagated by anemone and suckers. In any case, the trauma to the roots should be minimal, otherwise the flower will recover for a long time and will not bloom soon. Before planting, it is good to hold the rhizome for 1-2 hours in the antifungal preparation prepared according to the instructions in the form of a solution.
When planting, the root collar must be deepened a couple of centimeters - this way the bush will begin to grow faster.
Anemone Care Prince Henry
This flower loves watering, but does not tolerate water accumulation, so it is better to cover the soil with mulch after planting. This will help to retain moisture in the soil and reduce the amount of watering. Humus, last year's leaves, compost, but only well-ripened, can act as mulch. Growing anemones is impossible without additional feeding. During the season, several additional fertilizing with full fertilizers is necessary. They must contain trace elements and dissolve well in water, since they are introduced in liquid form. One of the dressings is carried out at the time of flowering. Ash is poured under the bushes 2-3 times so that the soil does not acidify.
Weeding is done by hand only.
In autumn, the plants are pruned, mulched again to insulate the roots. In areas with cold anemone climates, Prince Henry needs shelter for the winter.
This wonderful plant with amazing bright flowers will be a wonderful decoration for any flower bed.
