Melinda Myers

Windflower

Botanical Name

Anemone coronaria

Min Zone

7

Max Zone

10

Height

8 to 12 inches

Width

6 to 9 inches

Flowers

Early spring: 1.5 to 2.5 inches in shades of red, blue and white

Light

Full sun to part shade

Soil

Moist, well-drained, sandy, rich

Planting & Care

• Where winter hardy, tubers can be planted in fall 2 to 3 inches deep and spaced 4 to 6 inches apart
• Tubers should be soaked overnight before planting
• In colder regions, tubers can be planted in pots in fall and kept in a frost free location and set out for an early spring bloom
• Another option for colder climates is to pot tubers in late winter or early spring and placed outside for late spring flowers
• Often treated as an annual since overwintering doesn't always work and bulbs lose virgor after 2 to 3 seasons in warmer regions

Problems

None serious

Varieties

• DeCaen hybrids - selections with single flowers of various colors
  • Mr. Fokker - violet-blue
  • Sylphide - light purple
  • The Bride - white
  • Florist Mixture - mixed colors
• Hollandia - larges flowers, scarlet sepals with white bases surrounding a black center
• St. Brigid hybrids - selections with semi-double blooms in various colors
  • Lord Lieutenant - deep blue
  • Mount Everest - white
  • The Admiral - blue
  • The Governor - scarlet and a mixture of colors