Botanical Name: Anemone tomentosa 'Robustissima'
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Common Name: Grape-leaf Anemone  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Perennial

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

Pink

 

Flower Season

Summer, Fall

 

Leaf Color

Green, Grey Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Sun

Full, Half, Shade

 

Water

Medium, High

 

Growth Rate

Moderate

 

Soil Type

Loam

 

Soil Condition

Average, Rich, Well-drained, Moist, Dry

 

Soil pH

Neutral, Basic

 

Adverse Factors

n/a

Design Styles

English Cottage, Formal, Japanese, Meadow, Woodland

 

Accenting Features

Showy Flowers

 

Seasonal Interest

Summer, Fall

 

Location Uses

Entry, Perennial Border, Shrub Border, Foundation, Patio, Raised Planter

 

Special Uses

Cut Flowers, Small Spaces

 

Attracts Wildlife

Butterflies

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

  • Notes

A lovely plant for a medium to dry shade area, Grape-leaf Anemone has soft pink, single cup-shaped flowers that float above attractive deep green foliage. Foliage is a soft green to grey-green and deeply lobed. The most adaptable of the Japanese Anemone. From late summer to fall, there is no flower quite like it in the border for providing late season color. Attracts butterflies, but not deer and rabbit. A lovely cut flower. Use in a part-shady perennial, shrub, or foundation border. Grows about 24 to 36 inches tall and wide.
Grow in well drained, loamy soil in part shade to full sun (though it will require less water in part shade). It is tolerant of heavy clay soils. It will grow in moist soils, but be longer lived in moderate to dry sites. The hardiest to zone 4 and the most tolerant of sun and drier conditions. Cut back in late winter/early spring. Syn. with A. vitifolia.