Anemone hupehensis var. japonica (Japanese Anemone)


Botanical Information

FamilyRanunculaceae
GenusAnemone
Specieshupehensis
Varietyjaponica
CategoryPerennials
OriginIntroduced by Robert Fortune, after the opium wars in China. Fortune was dispatched by the Royal Horticultural Society out of the Chiswick Garden; only one of the expeditions was funded by the society. Fortune spent many years and several expeditions in China collecting plants before returning home. He was a humorless, but tactful and determined individual and was incredibly successful in getting his collections back to England alive; quite a feat given the time period and the difficulties in day to day travel.
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Description and Growing Information

PropagationRoot cuttings collected in the autumn and cut into 5 cm lengths and placed horizontally in flats barley covering the top. Water and place in a cold frame until growth appears and then pot individually.

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