Anemone hortensis SEEDS

Anemone hortensis seeds grow into the garden anemone or star anemone a tuberous perennial geophyte native to the temperate biome of the western Mediterranean, from southern France and the Iberian Peninsula through the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and the Dalmatian coast. Described by Linnaeus (1753). The epithet hortensis means ‘of gardens’, reflecting the long history of cultivation. Produces brilliant, large, star-shaped flowers in shades of deep purple, violet, lilac, pink to white in late winter to early spring. One of the most ancient ornamental plants in the Mediterranean world grown in Roman gardens and celebrated in classical literature. Family Ranunculaceae.

Full sun to partial shade; well-drained, sandy or rocky soils; warm temperate to Mediterranean conditions; summer-dormant geophyte. Plant tubers in autumn for spring flowers.

• ‘Hortensis’ = of gardens; Linnaeus (1753); large star-shaped flowers purple-violet-pink-white; spring
• Ancient Mediterranean ornamental; grown in Roman gardens; summer-dormant tuberous geophyte
• W. & Central Mediterranean (France, Italy, Dalmatia) temperate biome; spring-flowering
• Genus Anemone ~150 species; Family Ranunculaceae
• Full sun to partial shade; well-drained soils; Mediterranean; plant tubers autumn; Family Ranunculaceae

Anemone hortensis is the garden anemone one of the most ancient ornamental plants of the Mediterranean world, its brilliant star-shaped spring flowers in shades of purple and violet celebrated by Roman gardeners and naturalised in the gardens and hedgerows of the Mediterranean littoral for centuries.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.