Description
Although naturally a plant found only in North America much of the recent breeding in Anemonella has been in Japan. This fabulous new colour break is in fact selected from seedlings which were raised in Japan. This has several whorls of deep purple petals arranged in superimposed Fibonacci spirals around a central green boss of less-developed, green petals, which shade to purple with time.
The flowers of this superb new variety are not quite as full as those of Oscar Schoaff, but are very beautiful in their own right. The purple is a new break, which I have not seen before in this genus.
It bears 1-4 flowers per wiry stem with the finely divided, deep green foliage. Despite the delicate appearance of Anemonella, they are tough little plants and their early flowering means that the blooms stay in good condition, in the cool weather of early spring, for some weeks.
Part- or half-shade is best, in a well-drained but humus enriched soil which doesn’t dry out too much. It can be managed in pots, in the alpine house is wished, but beware too much direct sunshine or dryness.
A beautiful new double-flowered form, offered for the first time in November 2017.
