Anemone 'Blanda Blue Shades’ offers a sea of serene, clear blue, even when the skies are grey. A highly sought-after colour in the natural world, these easy, breezy blues are a breath of fresh air for your garden. Featuring petals in shades ranging from bright cobalt to powder blue, promoting a feeling of restful tranquillity.
The serrated, finely cut foliage provides brilliant, weed-suppressing groundcover. Anemone 'Blanda Blue Shades’ will readily naturalise and have earned an RHS Award of Garden Merit for their reliability.
Underplant later-flowering perennials, shrubs and trees, edge paths, and fill containers for a dreamy, soft wash of calming colour throughout spring.
To grow Anemones successfully, select a partly shaded area with well-drained, humus-rich soil.
Pre-soak corms overnight in tepid water, planting 5-8 cm deep and 15 cm apart the following day.
Keep soil consistently moist without waterlogging and feed with dilute liquid seaweed every week during flower production.
Graceful stems of open-faced blooms rise to heights of 15-30 cm between March andJune.
The delicate flowers are wonderful for cutting and arranging.
Can be grown undercover in a greenhouse or polytunnel for earlier flowers and may also be grown in containers or crates.