Japanese name: アネモネ Scientific name:Anemone coronaria
[Overview]
A perennial 25–40 cm tall.
It has branching brown tubers underground.
There are basal leaves and stem leaves; the former have leaf stalks and are 3-lobed or deeply to moderately palmately divided, with the lobes further divided finely. The stem leaves are stalkless.
The flowers are borne singly, facing upward, at the tips of flower stalks extending from the tuber.
There are no petals; 6–8 petal-like colored sepals are conspicuous. Some forms have double flowers.
The flower colors are scarlet, blue, pink, white, or two-colored patterns.
There are many stamens, with blue anthers and dark purple stigmas.
[History]
The "lilies of the field" in the New Testament are presumed to be this species. It was introduced to Japan in 1930.
[Uses]
Simply called "anemone," it is cultivated as a bulb planted in autumn and is also used as a cut flower.
[Cultivation]
It prefers sunny sites and soil rich in humus.
Propagate by tubers or from seed.
