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Anemones or anemones belong to the buttercup family, which is very numerous. Anemone Prinz Heinrich is a representative of Japanese anemones. This is how Karl Thunberg described it in the XNUMXth century, since he received herbarium specimens from Japan. In fact, her homeland is China, Hubei province, so this anemone is often called the Hubei anemone.
At home, she prefers well-lit and fairly dry places. It grows in the mountains among deciduous forests or shrubs. Anemone was introduced into garden culture at the beginning of the last century and won the sympathy of gardeners due to the high decorativeness of strongly dissected leaves and charming, very bright pink flowers.
Description
The perennial plant reaches a height of 60-80 cm. Very beautiful dissected leaves are collected in a basal rosette. Their color is dark green. The flower itself has a small curl of leaves on a strong stem. The stem itself is tall and bears a cup-shaped semi-double flower with 20 petals. They can be single or collected in small umbellate inflorescences. The color of the flowers of the Prinz Heinrich anemone is very bright, most flower growers consider it deep pink, but some see cherry and purple tones in it. Prince Heinrich is an autumn flowering anemone. Its charming flowers can be seen at the end of August, flowering duration up to 6 weeks. Overgrown anemones are shown in this photo.
Place anemones in the garden
Anemone Prince Heinrich is combined with many annuals and perennials: asters, chrysanthemums, Bonar verbena, gladioli, roses, hydrangea. Most often, it is planted in autumn mixborders, but this plant may well be a soloist in the foreground of a flower garden. Japanese autumn-blooming anemones fit best in a natural-type garden.
Caring for anemones is simple, as the plant is quite unpretentious, its only drawback is that it does not like transplants.
Site selection and soil for planting
Like in its homeland, the Japanese anemone does not tolerate stagnant water, so the site must be well drained and not flooded in the spring. Anemone prefers loose, light and nutritious soil. Leafy soil mixed with peat and a small amount of sand is most suitable.
It can not be planted next to plants with a well-developed root system – they will take food from the anemone. Do not choose her place in the shade. The leaves will remain decorative, but there will be no flowering.
Landing
This plant belongs to the rhizomatous and late flowering, so spring planting is preferable. If you do this in the fall, the anemone may simply not take root. Japanese anemones do not tolerate transplanting well; it is better not to disturb their roots without special need.
Plant an anemone in early spring, immediately after the plant awakens.
Reproduction
This plant reproduces in two ways: vegetatively and by seeds. The first method is preferable, since seed germination is low and it is difficult to grow plants from them.
Vegetative reproduction
Usually it is carried out in the spring, carefully dividing the bush into parts.
You can propagate the anemone and root offspring. In any case, the injury to the roots should be minimal, otherwise the flower will take a long time to recover and will not bloom soon. Before planting, it is good to hold the rhizome for 1-2 hours in an antifungal preparation prepared according to the instructions in the form of a solution.
When planting, the root neck needs to be deepened by a couple of centimeters – so the bush will begin to grow faster.
Anemone Care Prince Heinrich
This flower loves watering, but does not tolerate accumulation of water, so it is better to cover the soil after planting with mulch. This will help retain moisture in the soil and reduce the amount of watering. Humus, last year’s leaves, compost, but only well-ripened, can act as mulch. Growing anemones is impossible without top dressing. During the season, several top dressings with complete fertilizers are necessary. They must contain trace elements and dissolve well in water, since they are applied in liquid form. One of the dressings is carried out at the time of flowering. Ashes are poured under the bushes 2-3 times so that the soil does not acidify.
Weeding is done only by hand.
In autumn, the plants are pruned, mulched again to insulate the roots. In cold climate zones, the anemone Prince Heinrich needs shelter for the winter.
This wonderful plant with amazing bright flowers will be a wonderful decoration for any flower bed.
