Plantas y flores / plants and flowers: Autumn anemones

These plants, which come from the mountains of China and Japan, have a normal root system. Distinguished by its beautiful flowers in pale colors. The leaves of the grape leaf anemone, Anemone Vitifolia, are of good size, simple, have three to five 'lobes'. This species grows wild in the low-lying regions to the south of the Himalayas. Of white flowers, the plant can reach 50 cm. 1 meter in height. It belongs to the early autumn (August-October) and, as it no winter in Europe, crosses a lot with other species. The Anemone Vitifolia is the first of its kind that has come to us from the Far East. In contrast, Anemone stormy ternary has leaves with white hairs on the underside and pink flowers. It flowers from August to September, after developing the flower berries with a nice feathery hair. It reaches 50 cm. tall and is perfectly suited to our climate.

The anemone china autumn, Anemone Hupehensis, reminded the Anemone stormy, but its development is always more delicate. Gets its name from the Chinese province of Hupeh. It is resistant to winter, but it is better to cover them if frost is strong. Its plants reach 50 to 90 cm high. The leaves have little hair, without flocking white. It has pink flowers, agolpadas in loose clusters of five to ten copies. Its flowering is from August to late September.

Of the species listed have emerged many varieties of garden. As their names, they tend to be really disconcerting, are sold in general as "Japanese Variety 'or' autumn Japanese anemones.

Placement and reproduction
Autumn anemones thrive best in shady sites, on the ground muddy and rich in humus. It should never be very dry. Can be combined with ferns and ground floors. They reproduce by division or by layers of roots. Some species, such as A. Hupehensis form roots with many tubers, which can leave new plants. It is a method that requires great care.

In late fall cut the roots of thick pieces of a pencil from 3 to 5 cm. long horizontal and placed in litter boxes with peat or leaf sandy soil, covering them with more land. Those boxes must be stored in a cool place in the house. As the roots throw outbreaks, those layers should be planted in groups, in pots of 8 cm. The land must be equal to that of the first box. In the spring the layers were transplanted outdoors.

Mediterranean species
They come from the basin of the Maremagnum, Barcelona and develop from tubers. An ancient cultivated plant, which in 1650 was extended from Turkey to Europe, is the crown anemone (Anemone Coronary). In the argot of antófilos, its tuberous root is also the name of "nail". This species has multihendidas leaves, greens and fresh flowers and semillenas and also full, clear and bright colors. Around the stamens presented flowers ring a lighter or darker.
Anemone coronaria of the three varieties have been cultivated. In France the 'Anemone de Caen' and 'full of Caen anemone'. The two large cast flowers and beautiful colors. Ireland anemones come in Thohoyandou, semillenas flower petals and narrow.
Generally given preference to the mixture of colors. However, some catalogs bulbs presented today also named some varieties, in shades of white, red and blue, very decorative.

Placement
There is a need for food land, rich in humus. The tubers are broken easily, so we must planted with caution. Very important: to cover the plants as winter approaches. When he has passed the period of frost, remove the cover.