Shade Gardening: 2-5ft flowering perennials for medium-full shade in Zone 3?, 4 by DonnaMack

DonnaMack wrote:
Hi Perennial,

Yes, japanese anemones can be tricky, but I actually managed to get several clumps by looking carefully at how they are clustered and digging deeply at the edge of the clump. I had no choice, because I was moving, had tons of Honorine Jobert at my old house, and they are incredibly expensive. I had started with 4 plants in 1998 and they spread delightfully across the front of my house. And wow, you are right, once established they need very little care. My advantage was that I had so many. This shot is of what were originally two plants. They are mirrored on the other side. A total of 4.

I also managed to get a whirbelwind after failing the first time. Oddly enough, the only one I couldn't get was Robustissima, which appeared in my yard - I never planted it. And I could not successfully transplant it.

Try to find the edge of a clump, where plants are clustered together. It seemed easier to get them out there, in a cluster, and replant them.