Japanese Anemone - Anemone x hybrida - How to grow Japanese Anemone

Japanese Anemone is one of the many plants that grace the fall garden with its late summer and early fall flowering. The color range is from light pink to frosty white, with a satiny sheen to the back of the petals. When backlit by the light streaming through the Colonel's windows, the flowers were really stunning and I said as much to soften the moment.
Japanese Anemones prefer a light shade and plenty of moisture, although standing water, especially in winter is detrimental. It will grow in full sun, but must be located in a spot that affords it plenty of moisture, otherwise the leaves start to burn a bit and the vigor of the plant disappears.
These wonderful perennials will do well in our southern New England climate zone and in our acid soils. Like many fall-blooming plants such as the Hardy Begonia, the main problem is that they don't really appear at the same time in spring as many other perennials. Therefore they get weeded out of the garden by less-than-observant gardeners. By carefully weeding around the Anemones, a fall bloom can be ensured.
Rabbits will sometimes nibble on them, as will the stray slug or snail. For the most part though I find them care- and pest-free. They grow two or three feet high, with the flowers held above the foliage from late August, through September and into October. This plant spreads by underground runners, but it does so in a restrained almost polite manner. Where it is happy, it is a vigorous ground cover that is easily controlled by pulling up new shoots.
The white variety is sometimes referred to as 'Honore Jobert,' but also as Anemone x hybrida var. Alba. The sport was found growing in France in the 19th Century
hence the Francophone name. I planted Japanese Anemones in the garden here, in the shade of the greenhouse foundation next to a Japanese Maple. They could be used in the herbaceous border, in the front of the shrub border, as an accent or even in large pots on the terrace. They make a great cut flower, lasting for days in the vase.

[@myriampontague8824]

Thanks for your video, we have some and I was hoping to get some advice on whether I should deadhead or leave the spent blooms. Thanks

[@fawadaltaf1]

I ordered that today. Not sure when to plant. I live in Ontario Canada.

[@MaryAClark1]

Not so restrained in my case. But it is beautiful.