Anemones - outdoor cultivation and care

Anemones are the name of the plant. Translated means "daughter of the winds." It is due to the fact that even with the smallest breeze, the petals begin to move. The flower belongs to the Buttercup family and is perennial. There are no annual species. It grows in temperate regions. However, it grows most often in mountainous and lowland areas. There are over 160 kinds of different colors. Each of them blooms at a different time. Flowers are very similar to poppy and buttercup. The article describes what anemones look like, growing and caring for them in the open field.

Outdoor cultivation and care

Several varieties of anemones are known. All of them can be divided into two groups - rhizome and tuberous. To raise the first group, special care is not required, and the second will have to tinker with so that they do not die.

What anemones look like

There are some conditions that must be observed when growing and caring for anemones:

• when it is very hot and dry, they must be watered abundantly;
• in the autumn period, complex mineral fertilizers are applied, and during the flowering period - organic;
• for the winter, in order to prevent freezing, the flowers are covered with fallen leaves;
• for the winter, the plant is propagated by seeds, and in the spring - by the vegetative method.

Anemone: outdoor planting

Before planting anemones, you need to choose a suitable place. It should be spacious, slightly shaded and protected from drafts. The rhizome of the anemones grows strongly, but at the same time it is very tender. Even a slight contact can harm them. It should also be borne in mind that they grow poorly in heat and in drafts.

The soil should be loose, nutritious. Better to prepare deciduous soil or loam with peat. For looseness, sand is poured into the ground. With increased acidity, add dolomite flour or wood ash.

Step by step process on how to plant anemones:

1. Dig a hole 0.15 m wide, 0.3-0.4 m in diameter.
2. Wood ash and humus are poured into the pit.
3. Place an onion in a pit.
4. Fill the pit with soil.
5. Water abundantly.

When to plant anemones: March, April, May, October, November.

The picture below shows what anemone seedlings look like.

What seedlings look like

Reproduction

You can propagate anemones by dividing the bush or seeds. In the first case, the procedure is carried out in early spring. It is necessary to have 2-3 kidneys on each section.

How to grow anemone with seeds? First of all, you need to prepare anemone seeds. It should be borne in mind that seedlings do not germinate well. From the seeds that were prepared last year, a maximum of 25% will sprout. However, there are some nuances that will help increase germination. To do this, the seeds are exposed to cold for 1-2 months.

To carry out this procedure, you must:

1. Add sand or peat to the seeds in a 1: 3 ratio.
2. The mixture is sprayed with water and kept moist until the seeds are swollen.
3. Next, the seeds are transferred to a container. The substrate is put there, mixed and moistened.
4. The container is moved to a room where the air temperature should not be higher than 5 ° C.The seeds should be here until the first shoots appear.
5. As soon as the sprouts hatch, the container is transferred to the street. There it is buried in snow or earth, and from above it is covered with sawdust or straw.
6. With the onset of spring, the plants are planted.

When breeding anemones from tubers, they must be properly prepared. To do this, they are placed in warm water so that they swell, and then they are planted in pots. After emergence, the plants are planted in open ground.

Care

Caring for an anemone is a fairly simple process.

The main thing in care is to maintain the necessary moisture during the growing season. Excessive moisture can provoke the appearance of root rot. With a lack of water, the plant will not develop well. To ensure optimal moisture, the flower is planted in an elevated place, while a good drainage system must be present. The soil where the anemone is planted must be covered with 50 mm thick mulch.

Below are the basic rules for caring for anemones.

How to propagate an anemone

Watering

In the spring, the plant is watered once every seven days. If the summer is rainy, then no watering is performed. This does not apply to the crown anemone during the flowering period. If it is hot and dry in summer, it should be watered daily, morning and evening.

Top dressing

During flowering, the plant is fertilized with organic fertilizers. Exception: fresh manure. In the fall, they are fed with complex fertilizers.

Periodically loosen the soil and remove weeds. In this case, do not use a hoe, as it can damage the roots.

Features of care during flowering

During flowering, these plants are fertilized with organic matter.

During the rest period, there are no peculiarities of caring for the anemone.

Preparing for winter

If the anemone remains to winter in the open field, then it must be covered. You can use peat or garden compost for this. The layer should be at least 15 cm. Before the shelter, the plant is cut off.

Those anemone tubers that are dug out must be properly stored. They are dried together with the soil and rhizome in a warm room. Then they are transferred to a cool place (temperature no more than 15 ° C). Then the tubers are transferred to boxes, where peat, moss, sand and sawdust are poured. Thus, the tubers are stored during the winter period.

Anemone: planting and care outdoors in the Urals

In the Moscow region, Siberia and the Urals, where the summer is short, and in winter there are frosts up to 30 ° C, anemone tubers must be dug up for the winter. They are stored in boxes with sand in a room where the temperature is no more than 5 ° C. Once a month, the soil in the boxes is moistened.

The plant is planted in the spring, when the weather is warm without the risk of frost return. After the upper part of the plant withers, its roots are dug out to preserve for the winter. Another option is to collect seeds and plant seedlings. It is better to use the first method, since the grown flower of seeds will not bloom in the first year.

In the southern regions, the place for the anemones is chosen in the shade. In the northern ones, on the contrary, it is necessary to select a sunny place where there will be a lot of light, and the plant will delight with beautiful flowering.

Varieties of anemones

Possible growing difficulties

Possible reasons why the anemone does not bloom are:

• inappropriate place;
• improper care;
• insufficient feeding.

This plant is resistant to diseases. The appearance of snails or slugs is possible on the bushes. They are harvested by hand, and the flower is sprayed with metaldehyde. Infected bushes with nematodes or caterpillars are dug up and burned. The soil at this place is changed to a new one.

The appearance of a mosaic disease is also possible. With it, spots of various sizes and colors appear on the foliage. There is no effective way to treat this ailment, so it is necessary to remove the bushes.

When aphids and spider mites appear, the plant is sprayed with insecticides or infusion of garlic.

Caring for an anemone is an easy process. Even a novice florist can handle this. The main thing is to observe moderate humidity. It is possible to propagate the plant by dividing the bush or by seeds. The seed method will take more time and effort. When growing a flower in the Urals and northern regions, the tubers are dug up for the winter and left to be stored in boxes covered with earth.