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Ranunculaceae
Blue Anemone
Anemone apennina
Anticipation of spring.
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Anemone
- Native to
- Southern Europe, Mediterranean
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Type
- perennial bulb
- Height
- 0.3-0.8 ft
- Sunlight
- part shade
- Soil
- moist, humus-rich, well-drained
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 5-9
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Blue anemones carpet woodland floors in the Apennine Mountains of Italy each spring.
- The name 'anemone' comes from the Greek word for wind, as the flowers tremble in the slightest breeze.
- In Greek myth, anemones sprang from the tears of Aphrodite as she mourned the death of Adonis.
- The flowers open in sunlight and close at night or during cloudy weather.
- Blue anemones spread by underground rhizomes and can form large naturalized colonies over decades.
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