(10) Anemone Saint Brigid-Mount Everest

(10) Anemone Saint Brigid-Mount Everest Description

ANEMONE SAINT BRIGID
MOUNT EVEREST

 CATEGORYANEMONE SAINT BRIGIDHEIGHT10-20 CMVARIETYMOUNT EVERESTBLOOMSMARCH/APRIL & JUNE/JULYDESCRIPTIONWHITE SEMI-DOUBLE WITH 3 ROWS OF PETALS

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

Native to the mediterranean, saint bridget anemone is a tender, perennial with showy flowers in spring. mount everest has white, semi-double flowers with three rows of petals. Borne on calf-high stems above clumps of divided, ferney leaves, the solitary, poppy-like blooms have a large green central disc. Often planted at intervals to provide continual year-round bloom. Poppy-flowered anemone can be used as an early-blooming garden perennial where hardy.

Anemone mount everest can also be planted in the spring for summer flowering

Happiest in a site shaded from hot sun, anemone coronaria prefers rich, loamy soil, even moisture and a dry rest after bloom, or they may be left in permanently, when they will flower annually in spring. Or can be planted almost any time where they are hardy. This is a good plant for texture and colour in a container, moist woodland, or a rock garden.

Flowers for 2-3 weeks and attracts butterflies. The flowers are excellent for cutting. The bulbs are required to be soaked overnight before planting,

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