Anemone sylvestris

Common name: snowdrop windflower
Type:
Herbaceous perennial
USDA hardiness zones:
4-8

This spring-blooming anemone features cup-shaped, 1.5-2\ diameter, fragrant, 5-sepaled, often nodding, white flowers with yellow anthers in the center. Flowers are borne singly on upright stems growing to 18\" tall above medium green, deeply-lobed foliage. Flowers give way to white, woolly seed heads. Repeat bloom may occur in the cooler weather of early autumn. Snowdrop anemone is a rhizomatous plant that forms spreading patches."

  • Part shade
  • Medium
  • Low

Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soil in part shade. Tolerates full shade. Prefers moist, sandy-humusy soils. Can be very aggressive in loose soils, but spreads less in clay soils.

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