Secrets of growing sissies-anemone

Diseases and pests

Depending on the type of anemone, it can be capricious or unpretentious. Gardeners sometimes have difficulty growing flowers. Let's consider the most common problems that can arise:

1. Viral diseases can be manifested by leaf spotting, it becomes brown and growth slows down. In this case, diseased plants must be destroyed so as not to infect the rest.
2. If a black bloom appears on the bottom of the leaves, and white on top, this indicates downy mildew. This often occurs when there is poor heat transfer, for example, when growing plants in a greenhouse. It is recommended to establish a ventilation, irrigation and lighting system.
3. When aphids attack, the leaves turn yellow and curl. When touched, you can see a sticky coating. Chemical preparations can save the anemone - Antitlin, Tobacco dust, Actellik.
4. Injection nematodes are small worms that attack the leaves and trunk. To get rid of them, you need to irrigate the plants with Fufanon or onion infusion (2 kg of chopped onions in a bucket of water, leave for 2 days, strain and spray).

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How to take care of it properly?

Anemone is a favorite flower among gardeners, not only because of its beauty and sophistication. It is also very unpretentious to care for, so it can be grown even by novice gardeners. Basic care includes several positions.

Watering

In the wild, there can be different situations: both heavy rains and periods of prolonged drought. Anemone successfully copes with everything, but it is undesirable to experiment on the site.

After watering, the soil cannot be loosened: the root system of the plant is shallow, and you can easily damage it. All weeds are removed by hand. In addition, one should not forget that everything should be in moderation, therefore fill plants are also not needed... An abundance of water will lead to decay and the formation of fungus.

Top dressing

For the first year and a half, you don't have to think about top dressing at all: the forest anemone will extract everything it needs from the soil itself. Then, when the buds begin to form, you can apply liquid organic fertilizer. To do this, 1 kg of manure must be diluted in 10 liters of water (one bucket) and defended for 7 days. After that, a liter is taken from the bucket and re-diluted at 10. You can water, while you need to pour only at the root.

If you don't want to mess with manure and wait for the mixture to infuse, you can always turn to mineral complexes, they are even more effective. Any complexes for buttercups are suitable, instructions for them are always indicated on the packages. Such dressings are also used during the ovary period, as well as during flowering.

Advice: do not exceed the rate indicated in the instructions. Do not think that the more, the better and more abundantly the anemone will bloom. On the contrary, the abundance of dressings and their incorrect calculation will lead to a complete cessation of flowering.

Wintering

If the winters in your area are characterized by a small amount of snow, then the anemone most likely will not survive them. The rhizome should be dug up and placed in a container filled with sand. It must be stored at a low temperature, but dry, otherwise it will rot. In the spring, the material is taken out and wrapped in a damp cloth. After several hours, they are planted in open ground.

In the case of snowy winters, you do not need to worry about the plant. The forest anemone is cut under the spine and covered with spruce branches.

Features of tuberous anemones

Anemones with tuberous rhizomes, most often grown in home gardens, include:

Caucasian anemone. It grows high in the mountains and does not require digging for the winter. This anemone does not need frequent watering, it can grow in an open place.Its height reaches 10-20 cm, blue flowers do not exceed 3 cm in diameter, by the beginning of summer the aboveground part dries up and dies off.

Apennine anemone. It is very similar to the Caucasian anemone, but its flowers are not blue, but blue, and the size does not exceed 15 cm. This anemone is not as hardy as the previous one, but it winters well in the ground if the temperature does not drop below 23 degrees. In cold regions where there is little snowfall, plantings need to be mulched. There are garden forms of the Apennine anemone with different colors and flower sizes.

Garden anemone. Its flowers are larger than in previous species, they reach a diameter of 5 cm and are pink or red in color. Bushes can grow up to 30 cm. The tubers of this anemone do not overwinter in a flower bed.

Anemone is tender. Despite the name, it can withstand frost up to 25 degrees. Bushes grow up to 15 cm, flowers of wild anemone are blue, garden varieties can be pink, white, lavender, red or bicolor. The plant is light-requiring and withstands drought well.

Anemone crown. The most beautiful and most capricious of the anemone. Its homeland is the Mediterranean and the Middle East, their warm climate cannot be compared with ours. Even in the south, Ukraine has to dig up this anemone for the winter, with the exception of the Black Sea coast. Usually grown in gardens and greenhouses are numerous varieties and hybrids of crown anemone with double or simple flowers up to 8 cm in diameter, of various colors. Its height is about 45 cm. Look at the photo how beautiful the crown anemone is.

All of the listed types of tuberous anemones are distinguished by the fact that after flowering, the aerial part of them dies off. After a short period of time, it is impossible to find even the place where the plants were planted. Therefore, the anemone tuber of a species that does not winter on the street needs to be dug up before the aerial part is washed off by the rain or is blown away by the wind.

POPULAR SPECIES AND VARIETIES

Professional gardeners distinguish between 120 and 160 species and varieties of plants, but we will analyze the most popular ones that can be found in gardens, flower beds, parks and forest areas. In addition, spring flowers are considered the best honey plants.

Spring varieties

First, let's deal with the spring representatives:

• Anemone is tender;
• forest;
• oak;
• buttercup.

Anemone tender (Anemone Blanda)

Spring varieties tend to “undress”, therefore, after flowering, Blanda sheds its leaves and gives the roots the opportunity to be saturated with minerals for a successful winter. The most popular varieties turned out to be: Purple Star, Enchantress, Bridesmaid and White Splendor, and the Pink Star does not lag behind in the rating. Planting of spring root varieties is carried out in autumn, and tuberous varieties - in early spring.

Anemone Sylvestrise

From the name it is clear that any habitat is a forest and a forest edge. Loves calcareous soils, often found in the steppes. The growth of the forest beauty reaches 30-35 cm, the leaves and stem are dark green, the flower is white with a yellow center. Flowering begins in May and can last up to 2-3 weeks. Unlike Blanda, the forest anemone does not shed its leaves during the summer. The variety has many hybrids, including those with double buds. The most popular variety is Flore Pleno.

Anemone nemorosa (Anemone nemorosa)

The diameter of the flower is 3-4 cm, and the growth of the oak stem is from 15 to 30 cm. The flower contains 6 petals, which are painted in a purple hue downwards. The colors are different: lilac, pink, blue and terry. The oak perennial can be confused with the Siberian snowdrop.

Buttercup Anemone (Anemone Ranunculoides)

Outwardly, it is very similar to the previous variety, but unlike the oak tree, the buttercup anemone blooms with bright yellow flowers up to 3 cm in diameter. It lives in deciduous forests, glades and forest edges. It is unpretentious and does not require special care. Due to the changing climate and modern infrastructure, the species is listed in the Red Book.

Summer varieties

There are many spring varieties, we have named the most common. Let's move on to summer-autumn varieties:

• Japanese;
• crown;
• hybrid.

These species are distinguished by their large growth and powerful root system. Bloom from August to October. All summer representatives are perennials.

Terry Japanese anemone (anemone de Caen)

Japanese anemone, the photo of which you can see, of red or burgundy color looks very similar to a tulip or poppy, the black center is decorated with fluffy stamens and edged with lacquered petals.

The variety is cultivated at home, even as a potted representative. De Caen, like another crowned variety, will decorate a garden plot, a garden, a park area and will perfectly fit into any landscape design.

Crown anemone

The anemone flower blooms in July and can repeat flowering a second time in autumn. The crown anemone can grow up to 80 cm in height and have flowers of various colors with a diameter of 6-8 cm. varieties are considered - terry Don Juan with flowers of a juicy red hue; Lord Jim - has buds of sky and bright blue shades, as well as Mr. Focken with simple single blue flowers, this also includes the De Caen variety.

Anemone hybrid

Terry, semi-double, simple and bright buds are all hybrid crops. Any anemone of this variety will decorate your garden.

Having dealt a little with the types of flowering plants, let's move on to the method of growing and caring for it at home.

Reproduction methods

As already mentioned, anemone can be propagated from seeds and by a vegetative method. The second option is useful for hybrid crops. You can divide roots and bushes both in spring and autumn.

Important: it is necessary to divide the bush before the growth of shoots begins. The optimal time is the first days of March

A split plant is planted most often in the spring. Such a step will ensure an excellent transfer of winter. But the landing of the divided material in September will be already a risk. Varietal species are propagated mainly by seeds. They are planted immediately after collection, in wooden boxes. But the same can be done in early spring.

Germination of seeds is possible when the air warms up to 25 degrees. If the temperature is higher, you will have to wait longer. It is necessary to dive plants when a pair of full-fledged leaves develops. Seedlings should be planted in light shade. Only next year will it be possible to transplant seedlings into free land, and flowering will begin in the third year.

Planting and leaving

There are 4 options for breeding anemone: with the help of seeds, dividing the bush, reproduction by parts of rhizomes and tubers. Despite the sophistication of the plant, it is quite simple to care for it. The main thing is timely watering and maintaining the desired moisture level in the open field. To make it easier to create the optimal one, it is recommended to plant flowers in an area with good drainage, which is located on a hill. Excess moisture is detrimental to anemones, rot appears on the roots. It is better to cover the planted anemones with a layer of mulch 5 cm thick.

In the spring, anemones are watered about once a week. In the summer - depending on the circumstances. If the summer is rainy, then additional watering may not be needed. It is necessary to regularly loosen the soil and remove weeds, and these actions must be performed very carefully, since the root system of anemones is fragile.

You can take a closer look at the white anemones further.

Japanese anemone care

In anemones, the roots are considered a weak point. Despite the fact that they are powerful, they are very sensitive to the chemical environment and external irritants

For this reason, special attention should be paid to the soil in which the flowers will grow. Anemone refers to moisture-loving plants, however, she does not like excessive moisture and its stagnation

This will negatively affect the roots of the plant, they can rot. Watering is recommended no more than 1 time per day.

Fertilizers are recommended to be carried out in a complex about once every 2 weeks.The acidic environment of the soil in which the anemones grow must not be disturbed, therefore fresh manure must not be introduced.

All weeds should be removed in a timely manner, otherwise they will take mineral substances from the anemone. Weeds are best removed by hand to avoid damaging the sensitive roots of the anemone. For normal growth and development of plants, it is necessary to loosen the soil in the flower bed every week.

Before the onset of winter, it is recommended to cover the flowers with branches so that they survive the winter normally. When growing flowers in northern regions, a layer of branches does not save them from frost if they are grown from tubers. To save the tubers, they should be dug up before the onset of frost, placed in a jar of peat and stored until spring.

Most gardeners use mulch when growing Japanese anemones. Mulch helps regulate moisture levels in the soil. It will also act as a protection against weed growth. Mulching will make it possible to water the plants less often and maintain moisture in the soil, prevent it from drying out in winter and save it from frost. To do this, use:

• dry leaves;
• compost;
• bark of trees.

The main stars among the summer-blooming anemones

Anemone canadensis, or canadian anemone (Anemone canadensis) outwardly resembles the classic spring anemone. The height of the Canadian anemones ranges from 30 to 60 cm. It forms a solid and very dense cover of luxurious carved basal leaves with a juicy, bright color, against which the quivering cups of snow-white star-shaped flowers shine. After flowering, this herbaceous perennial is decorated with rather bright and unusual fruits. This is one of the most graceful and fastest growing species of the anemone family, but the main advantage of the canadian anemone is not its spectacular appearance, but the ease of cultivation and unpretentiousness. It develops well both on sunny grounds and even in the deepest shade. The only thing that this anemone will need for normal development is stable light soil moisture. This plant, unfortunately, does not tolerate droughts well and will not be able to develop normally in dry soil, but responds to watering with surprisingly fast growth and beauty of flowering.

The Far Eastern forked anemone (Anemone dichotoma) is very similar to it. A graceful plant with erect shoots, about 50 cm high, flaunts with tripartite, pointed leaves and single white flowers up to 3 cm in diameter. She is also capable of forming thickets, very decorative when changing the autumn detachment to red.

A brighter, herbaceous color of large leaves, forming a beautiful mass in clumps, is the advantage of two powerful species of anemones daffodil and anemones multi-cut, reaching half a meter in height, blooming from early June to late August.

In the multi-cut anemone (Anemone multifida), the serrated leaves perfectly emphasize the powerful peduncles with large, single cream flowers with numerous petals, evoking associations with chamomiles. As they bloom, the flowers take on a different color - light purple or reddish.

Canadian Anemone, Canadian Anemone (Anemone canadensis). Tony Spencer Apollonio Tottoli Anemone fasciculata, Anemone fasciculata. celiaronis

Narcissus-flowered anemone (Anemone narcissiflora), or Anemone fasciculata (Anemone fasciculata), in which flowers are collected in large umbrellas of inflorescences and stand out with pointed petals. The core of the flower and the bunch of stamens are contrastingly bright, yellow, which makes it look like bulbous daffodils. In comfortable wet conditions, the outside of the flowers can turn pink.

The forest anemone (Anemone sylvestris) retains the beauty of its filigree dark leaves from early spring to cold weather. On graceful long peduncles, large flowers, up to 7 cm in diameter and often too heavy for the stem, rise.The forest anemones have many decorative forms, the most popular of which are terry and large-flowered. This surprisingly graceful, seemingly weightless and delicate plant is rightfully ranked among the most aggressive anemone species capable of oppressing other cultures. It is best used as a gentle addition to ferns, in landscape groups, on lawns or landscapes, under trees and shrubs where it can grow freely.

In humid conditions, a compact Oregon anemone (Anemone oregana) grows quickly, up to 30 cm in height - a rare and very beautiful plant with openwork basal leaves and large pink-lavender flowers shining against their background. This anemone has many varieties and forms with the brightest, including blue inflorescence colors (for example, dark ultramarine "Ellensburg Blue").

Oregon Anemone, Oregon Anemone (Anemone oregana). Thayne Tuason Anemone drummondii, Anemone drummondii. Tab Tannery Mark egger

Preparing to disembark

Consider the main points related to planting anemone.

Planting material

You can often find a mention that planting an anemone is possible even in February. However, such an early use of tubers means the need to illuminate the seedlings using phytolamps or LED light sources. At the end of winter, there is not enough light even on the southern windows. For planting, it is advisable to choose larger tubers. However, if they are not too large, it is likely that the plants will bloom only in the second year.

The preparatory process always involves soaking in water. Do this:

1. put a napkin or a large rag in the container;
2. spill it with a fungicide or growth accelerator;
3. nodules are laid out on top;
4. cover them with completely dry napkins (rags, cotton pads);
5. cover the container with polyethylene;
6. withstand the planting material until it swells (usually it takes 30-180 minutes);
7. washed tubers in water (if "Epin" was used for processing).

The soil

It is possible to grow an anemone outdoors without any problems. But she does not tolerate transplantation, therefore, the culture must be planted in separate containers. The optimal mixture is fertile and loose. Usually they take the same amount of peat and sand. You can simplify your life by using a store-bought mixture for flowers.

The soil in the garden (flower bed) should be:

• with fertile substances;
• with good drainage;
• with a fairly loose structure.

How to plant?

Planting anemone in a flowerbed can be done in the autumn and spring months. If you choose to plant just before winter, then you can achieve the earliest flowering. But the procedure deserves careful attention and its features must be strictly observed. Proper care and snow retention must be ensured. Only under a dense layer of snow can anemones overwinter without problems.

Thorough cover is also required. And even with this approach, it should be understood that the risk of failure in most of the territory of Russia is great. The most rational temperature during rooting ranges from 9 to 12 degrees Celsius. In the subtropical zone, the necessary conditions are created by the beginning of November. But in temperate areas, it is better to try to complete the work by mid-October.

Small (up to 1 cm) tubers are planted according to the scheme 0.1x0.2 m.If the size of the planting material is 1-1.5 cm, the scheme 0.15x0.2 m is used.The largest tubers are planted according to the system 0.2x0.2 m Deep deepening of the planting material is not recommended. Usually it is only sprinkled a little and actively watered, complete covering with earth is needed after the formation of shoots.

The seeds are planted like this:

1. waiting for swelling;
2. transferred to containers with a wet mixture (which includes sifted soil, humus and coarse sand);
3. keep at a temperature of +5 until the sprouts look out;
4. drip in the garden until the end of winter (under a layer of sawdust or compost);
5. when the warm season comes, the container is removed.

When choosing a suitable final disembarkation site, ensure that:

• water will not stagnate;
• the site will be spacious enough;
• the territory will be partially shaded and covered from drafts;
• the illumination corresponds to the variety (forest varieties need deep shading).