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Gentle windmills with whimsically dissected leaves and soft textures and soft textures for your gardenand among the most luxurious garden plants. Anemones, planting and care in the open field for which are not as difficult as it may seem at first glance, they also take root in suburban areas.
The main thing is to pay attention to the choice of a suitable plant and take into account its features. In the flora there are more than 170 species of anemone, differing:
- natural habitat;
- in size, color and shape of flowers;
- building;
- requirements for temperature, soil and other growing conditions.
As a garden plant, more than two dozen varieties are grown, including the most bizarre forms and varieties of hybrid anemones. All of them are perennials with varying degrees of frost resistance.
In cold weather, plant life is warm in tubers and thick rhizomes. They are used for planting anemones in open ground in spring or autumn.
Conditions for planting anemones in open ground
According to the observations of experienced gardeners, rhizomatous anemones are less demanding and winter-hardy than their large-colored tuberous relatives. But whatever type the flower you like is the best place for it to be transparent penumbra protecting the delicate petals from the scorching sun, but not blocking the full access to heat and light. Once on the open area, the plants bloom well, but their petals quickly discolor and fall off. In the shadows the corollas open less frequently and later.
All anemones develop well in moderately moist loose soil, but they are very painful for stagnating water. Simplifies care for anemones in open ground by planting in a neutral or slightly acidic substrate that allows air and moisture to pass through.
If the soil is dense, prone to caking, add sand to it. Reducing the risk of decay in the autumn-spring period will help the choice of an elevated place for landing.
When planting anemones in the ground
Rhizomatous anemones, many species of which are found in the middle lane, easily take root in the garden if they are carefully picked and removed from the forest. Tuberous varieties tolerate winters worse, and some of them do not withstand serious subzero temperatures. Such plants are removed from the soil in the fall, and the tubers are kept cool until the heat returns.
Planting anemones in open ground in autumn is possible only for hardy plants and in regions where flowers are guaranteed to take root and hibernate.
In the spring, when the natural cycle of the growing season begins and the warm period ahead, the plants acclimatize better and faster. Rhizomatous anemones reproduce in segments of the root with several points of growth. If there are adult plants on the site, it is more convenient to plant them before flowering, until the above-ground part has subsided and the anemones are not lost among other vegetation.
When anemone is planted in the ground? Specific dates depend on the habits of the plant itself, and the climate of the region. In the southern regions, anemone is planted in open ground from April to September. The north, the greater the risk of spring or autumn freezing of greenery and underground parts.
When the landing dates for anemones are suitable:
- the area for them is carefully dug up beforehand;
- removes all weeds from the soil, especially those that breed by roots;
- the soil is mixed with selected humus, and spruce is necessary, then the dolomite flour, which is rich in soil.
The wells for plants are made at intervals of 15–20 cm. In order to provide flowers with good conditions for development and to simplify care in the open field, the anemones are planted so that the growth buds are at a depth of no more than 3–5 cm from the soil surface.
Tuberous anemones are planted on a pillow of sand, which helps to remove excess moisture and even in the rainy year counteracts the rotting of roots and tubers.
Fungal and bacterial decay are the main enemies of such plants, therefore, before planting, the tubers are treated with a fungicide and a root stimulator. In addition, if spring planting is expected, dried tubers are soaked for 2 hours in water at room temperature, helping perennials to wake up faster. In the fall, dry planting material is planted in the ground. The soil over the planting compacted and watered.
As long as the plants do not hatch and grow stronger, they need protection. It can be peat mulch, which protects the land from drying out and suppresses weed growth throughout the season.
Taking care of anemones in the open field after planting
From the time of landing, whenever it passes, anemones in the open field, as in the photo, provide regular maintenance, including:
- manual, very careful weeding of the site;
- loosening the surface layer of the soil;
- protection of plants from cold winds and low temperatures.
Planted plants in the spring immediately begin to water moderately. And with the growth of green anemone feed. Rhizome plants have sufficient mulching with a mixture of peat and humus, and tuberous and large-color hybrid varieties should receive a more complete set, including minerals and trace elements. 
Extend flowering helps remove faded rims. In this case, the nutrients are spent on the formation and growth of new buds.
Properly maintained rhizome plants grow well and even spread themselves, so they need to be thinned out and the space available for living is limited. They are fully suitable for planting anemone in the soil in Siberia, in the Urals, in the Non-Black Earth, that is, where the most luxurious flowers can be grown only in container culture.
Tuberous anemones are not so aggressive, some of them do not hibernate in the ground at all, and more frost-resistant species need careful shelter with foliage, lapnik, non-woven material. After digging, the most tender tubers are dried at room temperature and then stored in a ventilated dry room, for example, in the basement, at a temperature of 3–5 ° C above zero. If winters allow keeping tubers in the ground, they rejuvenate every 3-5 years.
