Spring anemones, or anemones, usually begin to blossom even before the trees and bushes are covered with thick green good foliage. Anemones should be planted in shady or semi-shady places. These plants feel great if they are planted next to shrubs or under the crowns of trees. Anemones look very beautiful, the planting and care of which are very simple, if placed on a background of spire and dwarf barberries, thereby highlighting the beauty of their delicate spring leaves. For example, forest anemone is one of the most beautiful plants that are found in our forests and meadows.
They can also be combined with primrose, pansies and small onion. You need to know that all anemones prefer moist humus light soil. And also it is worth saying that under anemones it is required to maintain soil moisture until the end of the season, even after the stems die.
Spring anemones grow very quickly, creating extensive, fairly dense, sometimes loose curtains. If the kurtinka crowds its neighbors or loses its decorativeness, a transplant is required. All anemones are best planted in mid-summer. Of course, if there is a need, then a transplant can be done both in early summer and during the flowering period of anemone. When transplanting, it is not at all necessary to dig out plants completely from the ground. Many types of anemones can reproduce very well by separating pieces from the rhizome where there are kidneys.
Whatever anemones you choose , planting and care are similar. When planting, the rhizome must be placed at a depth of 10 cm. Some anemones, such as rock and oak, can also be propagated by parts of the bush, small offspring. However, when planting these species, it is necessary to ensure that the root neck remains at the soil level of the plant. After the anemones have been planted, they need regular watering. As already mentioned, if you want to breed anemones, landing and caring for them, in general, is not a difficult thing, they remarkably take root in a new place.
All anemones, planting and care of which is carried out correctly, reproduce well by sowing seeds. Plant seeds are recommended to be sown in the ground for the winter, they can do this in the spring, however, in this case they need to carry out preparatory cold stratification. The first sprouts germinate 2-3 weeks after planting. Young seedlings grow and develop rapidly, flowering begins in the second year.
Fresh plantings of anemones should be mulched with peat or humus. It is best to mulch the fallen leaves of trees such as maple, oak, linden or columnar apple trees, the planting and care of which is also interesting. This will serve the flowers as an analogue of forest litter, which anemones are used to in nature. If the crown anemones are grown in a slice, then fertilizer should be applied when buds appear.
It’s good to use mineral fertilizers for top dressing . Watering is required during flowering. Because of this unpretentiousness in watering, anemones can be planted in flower beds where it is problematic to water. In autumn, before the onset of winter, they need to be covered with stale manure or grass compost.
As already mentioned about anemones, the care and planting of these plants is not at all difficult, any amateur gardener can do. However, there are exceptions, for example, thermophilic anemones, they have tuberous rhizomes. Crowned anemone is considered the most capricious. For wintering, they need careful shelter with foliage of trees. Tubers should be excavated after the growing season has ended . First, the tubers should be dried, the temperature maintained +20 - 25 degrees, then they should be folded in one layer in boxes and placed in a ventilated warm place where they will be stored at a temperature not exceeding +20 degrees until the fall.
Tubers should be planted in the ground in October or early spring, as soon as the snow melts. You can plant them in parts or in whole, but you must leave a peephole. It should be noted that if the tubers were in storage, they should be soaked in warm water for 24 hours before planting.