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Anemone forest, or anemone is a resident of forests. She pleases gardeners with her appearance and medicinal qualities. The plant is unpretentious, adapts to any climatic conditions and grows throughout Our Country – from the south to Siberia.
Description of forest anemone
Anemone is a perennial that grows outdoors. The popular name – anemone – she received due to the developed reaction of inflorescences to the wind.
The root system is powerful, well developed. Gray-green leaves develop on the handle, the length of which is 15–20 cm. Flowering begins in late spring or early summer. 2 appear on peduncles–3 white flowers.
Their diameter is 6–8 cm. Flowering lasts three weeks and ends at the end of June. Anemone decorates the garden when the flowering of other crops has not yet begun. Under favorable weather conditions, re-flowering occurs in mid/late summer.
Places of growth in nature
In nature, there are about 180 species of anemones. They grow in the mountains of the Caucasus, and in the cold regions of Siberia and even the Arctic. It adapts to different weather conditions. Anemone can grow like a weed on the side of roads and create powerful thickets in meadows. It is also found in shady forest areas. Flowers in plants growing in the wild usually do not exceed a diameter of 4–5 see.
Video «Features of growing anemones»
From this video you will learn about the conditions for growing, planting and breeding forest anemone.
Useful and medicinal properties of the plant
Anemone has long been widely used in folk medicine. All parts of the plant are poisonous, but healers compose their recipes in such a way as to neutralize the dangerous effect on the body. It has antiseptic and antibacterial action.
Most often it is used as an anesthetic. It is used to treat migraine, joint and back pain.
The analgesic effect of the anemone is due to the content of narcotic substances in its leaves. They should be used with caution after consultation with specialists.
Decoctions with this plant treated diseases of the respiratory system: asthma, bronchitis, whooping cough. It was used for pyelonephritis and cystitis, as it helps to remove fluid from the body. Anemone is also used to correct potency and changes in the menstrual cycle.
Optimal conditions for home growing
It is not difficult to create optimal growing conditions for anemones. It is enough to study the features of its flowering in the wild and follow the advice of experienced gardeners.
Site Selection
For planting anemones, you should choose a well-shaded place. It can be planted in the shade of trees and shrubs. If it is not possible to place the plant in such conditions, it is necessary to find a site that is shaded during the hot part of the day. After planting, it is necessary to keep the flower in the shade until it takes root.
The choice of moist soil is also important. Anemone grows on light sandy fertile soils and does not tolerate an acidic environment. If possible, it is better to choose a calm area and plant it next to mountain ash, spirea bushes, pansies.
Soil preparation
Before planting, the soil must be loosened to saturate it with oxygen. In order for the plant to feel good, peat and nitrogen fertilizers are applied to the ground.
If the soil is too heavy and contains a large amount of clay impurities, it must be diluted with sand. It is added to the hole before watering and planting. The addition of compost, ash and humus will have a beneficial effect on the growth and development of the plant.
Anemone transplant
If the anemone grows near other crops, it can grow and oppress them. To avoid this, it must be transplanted to free places in the suburban area.
This procedure is carried out in the spring. The sprouts and root system are carefully dug out with a sharp spatula. The resulting bush is transferred to a new place with a large clod of earth. This will help make the procedure as painless as possible. It is placed in a fertilized hole, covered with earth and watered abundantly. The plant must be protected from sunlight until fully adapted to a new place.
Plant transplantation should not be carried out too often, as this can destroy both the transplanted shoots and the main plant.
Author’s advice
Care instructions
In order for the anemone to please with its abundant flowering and not get sick, it needs to be fertilized in time and properly prepared for winter.
Watering and fertilizing
In cool rainy weather, the anemone does not require frequent watering. It needs to be moisturized–2 times a week as the soil dries out. In hot weather conditions, it requires watering 1 time in 2–3 days. So that the plant does not suffer from drought, it is placed in shady places or artificial shading is created. It is also mulched with rotted foliage and shoots of pruned garden plants.
Fertilizer for anemones is required only during flowering. It responds well to the application of organic fertilizers, humus and peat. It can also be fed with flowering plant supplements and nitrogen.
Pruning plants
Anemone reacts negatively to pruning of any above-ground parts. Peduncles are cut for bouquets, leaving at least one inflorescence.
It is important to prevent damage to the above-ground parts of the anemone while pruning neighboring flowers or bushes. Even in autumn, the leaves should be left to die naturally. They dry up and fall off, and new shoots appear in the spring.
Preparation for winter
In the climatic conditions of the middle zone, the anemone does not require special preparation for winter. Most often, the bushes are left with yellowed foliage, which serves as a natural shelter. If the temperature drops below –25 ° C, then it can be covered with a ten-centimeter layer of mulch.
In the north, the rhizome is most often dug up. In this case, it is impossible to damage the root system and remove leaves or flower stalks. Dug bushes are stored in a cool place where the temperature does not drop below –5°C. In the spring they are planted in the ground after it has warmed up.
Wood anemone breeding
Anemone lends itself well to reproduction. It can be propagated in many ways and used for sale and to decorate a large area of uXNUMXbuXNUMXbthe summer cottage.
Seeds
In nature, the anemone reproduces by self-dispersal. But in artificial conditions, the seeds do not germinate. As a rule, only a quarter of the collected material germinates. Gardeners recommend subjecting it to low temperatures. This allows you to increase germination up to 50%.
Seeds are sown in mid-summer. They are sprinkled with a centimeter layer of earth and covered with a small layer of mulch. Shoots appear in early autumn and have time to get stronger before frost. During a cold snap, they are dug up and stored in the basement.
tubers
Before planting, anemone tubers are soaked in warm water for 3–4 hours. Then they are placed in a tightly tied bag with an Epin solution for 6 hours, after which they start planting.
The depth of the planting pit is 15 cm. A peat substrate is introduced into it, where the planting material is placed. It can be sprinkled with ash and humus. Then the tubers are covered with earth, leaving a recess for watering. After that, the anemone is abundantly moistened. Before the shoots appear, it must be watered daily and the soil should not be allowed to dry out.
Cuttings
Most often, anemone is propagated by cuttings. In autumn, three-quarters of the planted bushes take root, with early planting – half.
To propagate in this way, you need to choose a strong healthy bush, dig it up and separate a small part of the roots. After that, the mother plant is returned to its place and watered abundantly. The resulting material is cut into pieces with a length of 5–7 cm and treated with a solution of “Epin”. After that, the children are placed in pots with a peat-sand substrate and watered regularly so that the soil does not dry out. Most often they are placed in a greenhouse to avoid temperature fluctuations.
After the emergence of shoots, the frequency of watering increases. When they get stronger, they can be taken out of the greenhouse or the greenhouse film can be removed. For the winter, flowers are placed in the basement, and in the spring they are planted from pots in flower beds.
Diseases and pests and methods of dealing with them
The anemone is resistant to parasites and diseases. Sometimes it can be affected by a leaf nematode. These worms feed on parts of the foliage of plants. When affected, dry yellow spots appear on the leaves. After that, the bush stops blooming, gets sick and wilts. To get rid of the pest, you need to remove damaged shoots. If a large part of the bush is affected, it is completely pulled out and burned to save healthy plants.
Anemone – a woodland plant that attracts gardeners with its laid-back appearance and ease of cultivation. It will serve as a decoration for a bouquet and add variety to a lush flower bed. And unpretentiousness will allow growing anemone both in the arid south and in cold Siberia.