Tall Anemone

Common Name:
Anemone, Tall
Botanical Name:
Anemone virginiana
Family:
Ranunculaceae
Light:
Full sun, part shade
Soil:
Rich, moist soil

Hardiness Zone:
USDA Zone 3 – 9
Propagation:
Seed
Flower Time – Southern Indiana:
July
Plant Height:
Twelve to thirty inches tall
Flower Color:
White
Type:
Perennial

Tall Anemone

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The Tall Anemone is an erect, almost unstalked plants which whorls of deeply lobed leaves which will have three lobes which will form three individual leaflets. The leaflets are oval and are also lobed, but not as deeply. There will usually two or three groups of two or three leaves. The plant will produce numerous flower stalks near the top of the plant. The flowers will have five petals.

The Tall Tall Anemone is a native American plant found in open woodlands, meadows, and woodland margins. The genus name is derived from Adonis whose blood, according to legend, gave the flower Anemone coronoraia its color. The species name means “of Virginia.”

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