ANEMONES: SYLVESTRIS and SEPTEMBER CHARM

I have found that the perennial plants, Japanese anemones, can be invasive in that they push out underground runners and pop up all over the place.  Beautiful as they may be, when you have limited space and an idea of how you want your garden or border to look, this can be a nuisance. 



Anemone 'Sylvestris'

One perennial anemone which I am perfectly happy with right now is Anemone 'Sylvestris'.  Websites say that it too spreads by suckers but mine is thriving in an awkward little bit of ground, squeezed between paving stones and other plants, one might say between a rock and a hard place, and it seems to be going nowhere else.

Anemone 'Sylvestris'

I have growing in my sunny border Japanese anemone'September Charm', which has a lovely flower but its young are appearing here and there and I am having to dig them up and move them on out!   It's a small price to pay, I suppose, for something so beautiful.  It's much taller than Sylvestris but the pink colour is stunning.

Anemone 'September Charm'

As the flowers are open and the pollen exposed, they are very popular with bees.  Double flowers where the pollen is concealed can be very pretty but not very helpful to our beloved pollinating insects which we need so much.




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