Anemone hupehensis
(Japanese Anemone)
White, pale pink, pink… and a yellow-green centre…
Japanese Anemones are those beautiful pastel colours reminiscent of the spring cherry blossom. Yet in German they are called “Herbstanemonen” – Autumn Anemones. Quite fitting as, even now – at the beginning of August, there is a hint of autumn in the air… Do you feel it too?
The buds have been bursting to bloom for a couple of weeks now, and last week they finally started to open.
In the uncultivated part of our garden someone once planted these anemones. Despite weeds, saplings, tall grass and a dry sunny position, they thrived, surviving many years of neglect before our arrival.
So they must be pretty tough plants… their fragile appearance is deceptive!
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Deceptively tough–just like us women!
Wonderful photos of lovely flowers, Cathy.
You know, Robin, I nearly wrote something like that! LOL! Thanks Robin, and have a nice weekend!
I have some I inherited from a previous resident in my garden. They are turning out to be rather invasive in my particular situation. But it’s true they are really lovely. As for autumn, we are just beginning to get what seems like the very first touch of warm weather on this side of the planet (Oregon coast).
Glad summer has reached you at last. Enjoy the sunshine!
Gunta, I think we got all your hot weather this year here in the N.E. …I think we’re on our 6th or out 7th heat wave. Muggy too!
It’s been pretty hot and muggy here too!
These Japanese Anemonies are certainly a marvelous flower… I’ve never seen them here … Funny how many flowers can become invasive. But I found a way to keep mint in it’s place, and now I wish I had done the same with a few others that have taken over everything. This has been a year the plants really love… rain, heat, humidity.
Thanks for your comment Merrill. So please share your secret of keeping mint under control! 😀
Bewußt habe ich diese Anemonen noch nicht gesehen und werde mal achtsam sein. Die Herbststimmung fühle ich auch. Eigentlich beginnt sie bei mir schon am 20. Juni, wenn die Tage wieder kürzer werden. Jetzt ist sie aber auch in der Natur und im Licht spürbar. Ich bekomme noch zwei Wochen Sommer in Rumänien geschenkt. 🙂 LG – Uta
Hope you enjoy those two weeks and the rest of the summer, before autumn really does arrive. 😀
Lovely plant Cathy. I certainly can sense Autumn already… but as we’ve not really had Summer yet it’s maybe just my imagination!
Let’s hope it’s a long warm autumn then! 😀
Lovely flowers. If they want to come over to my yard and become invasive—I welcome it. 😉
Surprisingly, this patch has not spread much at all, but has simply done well every year and is always healthy and strong. I’ll blow some seeds in your direction in the autumn! 😀
Those are quite beautiful.
I love them too, and they keep flowering for ages!
I love these flowers. We have some white ones too but none of ours are in flowere yet though they do have the buds. I guess ours must be German! 🙂
Hello Mybeautifulthings.If it doesn’t rain the petals on these get paler as they age, until practically white! They always start flowering a bit early in my garden, as they are in a very sunny position.
Such an innocent, young-looking flower. Looking at them makes me want to make a pink garland to wear in my hair. 🙂
Ooh, how I’d love to see that! It’s not a bad idea actually! 😀
I love these! Even the buds are nice.
We are having a patch of hot and humid weather right now, but will start seeing signs of autumn before the month ends.
It’s still hot here, but everything is kind of slowing down, like it does as autumn approaches.
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Vielen Dank Luise-Lotte! Es freut mich sehr, dass die Bilder Dir gefallen! Have a nice Sunday!
Well it seems I will not see these flowers either. Maybe in the shade garden perhaps where moisture retention is better…it will be a surprise if they do…lovely photos.
Thanks Donna – there’s still time for them to bloom… 😀
Lovely, lovely, lovely! I have some ‘autumn anemones’ as you say they mean in German but mine are white. They have not bloomed yet but it makes sense cause there is no hint of Fall in the weather just yet. I love the white Jap anemones but now I think I love the pink ones even more! 🙂
They are a beautiful colour, especially before the sun bleaches them. White is also pretty though! 😀
We have pink “Herbstanemonen” in our garden, but they are slowly fading away. Their place is in
front of bushes growing too mighty. I always loved my pretty “Herbstanemonen”.
They are such attractive flowers. I wonder if they can be moved to a different place. I’ve read that if they are old plants the roots are too deep to be moved, but I don’t know if that’s true..
Yes,I´ve read too, that older plants have too deep tap-roots, but it would be easy to detach runners
in early spring. Maybe I should try it!
(Sorry, ich glaube, das mit dem Einrücken hat dieses Mal nicht geklappt?!)
Yes, it’s worth a try!
Und es macht nichts mit dem “Einrücken” Elisabeth! 😀
Your beautiful photographs always make me want to run out and locate the flowers you feature.
That’s nice! I hope you find one or two that will suit your garden! Can you grow Japanese Anemones where you live?
Sooooo pretty!
Thank you! These flowers are lovely in a wild way… they sway beautifully in the wind.