Anemone coronaria De Caen
€9.75
Largest bulb size
Always true to variety
Lowest price per bulb
In almost all garden books and blogs you can read that the Anemone coronaria can be planted in both autumn and winter. But my experience is that it does much better here if it is planted in spring. Presumably the winter here is too wet and it withers in the ground and perhaps planting in autumn works better in the more southern gardens of Europe.
Anemone coronaria originates from Syria and Lebanon where it blooms in April - May, after sufficient rain has fallen. In the dry summer it goes dormant and the tuber can shrivel until it looks like a rock-hard wrinkled piece of wood. As soon as there is water again, it absorbs it like a sponge and grows three times as large after which it starts growing and blooming again.
The Anemone coronaria has literally been a very popular cut flower since time immemorial, this colorful flower has been talked about since long before our era. Even today, it is grown on a large scale, especially in Israel, for its cheerful flowers.
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Planting flower bulbs
When should I plant my flower bulbs? If you want beautiful flowers such as tulips and daffodils in your garden in the spring, you will need to plant flower bulbs in the fall. This can be done as soon as the leaves fall from the trees. Make sure that the spring bloomers are in the ground before the frost sets in.
Summer bloomers such as dahlias and lilies should be planted in the spring so that they bloom in the summer.
Planting flower bulbs is not complicated at all. The same principles apply in principle:
- do not plant the bulb too deep in the ground (usually between 8 and 18 centimeters)
- provide good natural conditions
- be frugal with fertilizer and let the bulb do its work
