(10) Anemone Blanda-White Splendour

(10) Anemone Blanda-White Splendour Description

ANEMONE BLANDA (WINDFLOWER)
WHITE SPLENDOUR

 CATEGORYANEMONE BLANDA (WINDFLOWER)HEIGHT10-15CMVARIETYWHITE SPLENDOURBLOOMSMARCH/APRIL & JUNE/JULYDESCRIPTIONPURE WHITE BLOOMS

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Please make sure when buying these bulbs that you dont buy too small a bulb or they wont flower, they will only
throw green leaves. These bulbs are a flowering size bulb.

white splendour is small and spring flowering from southeastern europe. white splendour bears pure white snowy flowers with pink-tinged exteriors in early spring. Perched on compact stems above triads of ferny, three-parted leaves. The solitary, daisy-like blooms open wide in bright sun to reveal a boss of yellow anthers. Soon after bloom, plants die back to black tuberous rhizomes that spread to form clumps.

white splendour has received the royal horticultural societys award of garden merit (agm) which is for plants of outstanding excellence.

Anemone white splendour can also be planted in the spring for summer flowering.

Happiest in a site shaded from hot sun, anemone blanda prefers rich, loamy soil, even moisture. This is a good plant for texture and colour in a container, naturalising in open woodland, or a rock garden. Flowers for 2-3 weeks and attracts butterflies. The flowers are excellent for cutting. They can also be forced into winter bloom. The bulbs are required to be soaked overnight in cool water before planting,

Plant 6-7 cm deep 5-7 cm apart.