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Overview
Anemone hupehensis is a clump forming plant with fiborous roots and although a perennial can be evergreen in mild climates.
It has tall branching flower stems bearing white or mauve/rose simple poppy like flowers during summer and autumn.
They are the perfect addition to any mixed flower border providing a pretty and delicate element along with an abundance of colour.
Best planted in drifts for maximum effect of their delicate, nodding-in-the-wind characteristics.
Soil: Well drained, rich, friable loam with plenty of organic mater added and a layer of mulch to avoid soils drying out.
Select a semi-shaded location that is sheltered from strong winds - not too much shade though as the flowerheads will be more erect with plenty of direct sun.
Best in a neutral to slightly alkaline ph soil.
Avoid waterlogged soils, especially in winter.
Maintenance: Liquid fertilise in spring and deadhead when required to encourage further flushes of flowers.
Japanese anemonies are typically slow to establish but will adapt to local conditions with their fiborous, suckering roots will form colonies in time.
Diseases: Aphids, slugs and snails can be an occasional problem
Other Species: 100 species including the most popular A. coronaria
Note that this plant and many other Anemones have been recently re-classified as Eriocapitella - though it has kept its common names of Japanese Anemone or Japanese Windflower.
Comments: The genus name, anemone, means wind, while the species name comes from Hupeh (Hubei) Province in Central China where this plant is native.
Although originating from China it became popular for cultivation in Japan and subsequently escaped into the wild - hence its common name of Japanese Anemone.
Author: Bob Saunders.