Shade Gardening: Really liking the newer Anemone, 1 by rouge21

rouge21 wrote:
There is so much to like about these late blooming fall plants. But unless one has lots of room they are only really good for me for a couple of seasons and then they get too large. The first picture shows my now too large, even with trimming, 3 year old "September Charm". In the first couple of seasons it was the perfect size but no longer.

So this year I was intrigued by the 'claims' for this newer series of Anemone called "The Pretty Lady". Early this summer I got the 'Pretty Lady Susan' cultivar. These JAnemone are advertised as much more compact than traditional anemone i.e. 16" tall and at most 2 feet in spread.

This 'Susan' plant has just recently begun to flower for me. It is in a very shady location but the flowers are quite nice.

I think I will replace my 2 larger pink flowered anemones with a couple of these smaller ones next year.