Anemone De Caen named Bicolor #4
by J McCombie
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Anemone De Caen named Bicolor #4
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J McCombie
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This piece has been featured in the FAA Group, "Exquisite Florals".
Anemone de Caen Bi-Color is an unique, unusual and rare anemone variety. Its beauty is clearly visible with deep red-centered flowers and white edging. The large, velvety blooms are truly stunning in the garden and create a dramatic statement. Anemones are actually a must for spots among perennials. Hardy in zones 7-10 and can be planted as an annual in all other zones. Great for rock gardens, garden borders, containers and greenhouses.
These are the large-flowered velvety flowers that some think are the worlds most beautiful. The colors are truly startling with this one color combination--the lush red and white bi-color. Anemones are extremely popular due to their early, massive flowering and their wide availability. These anemones, in all their colors, are the ones sold on the street in New York City and elsewhere in 'nosegays' when they bloom, along with violets. 'French' anemones can be planted fall or spring, and grow from small irregularly-shaped bulbs that look sort of like weathered wood chips. Put them into semi-shady spots, and they'll be up in no time. They form a lovely, colorful carpet, especially under woody trees and shrubs which are still bare during the time of the anemones flowering period. They quickly form short little plants, and then these spectacular 3 to 4-inch flowers on stems of about 10-12'. If you've never grown them, give them a try. Your success will depend on where you plant. Be sure it's never too hot, and never too dry. They need good drainage, but insist on a moist, somewhat shaded spot.
Anemone De Caen (single-flowering cultivars) ... 'Bicolor' (Red with large white edge), 'Hollandia' (red), 'Mr Fokker' (purple-blue), Sulphide' (hot violet-pink), 'The Bride' (white with green centre), 'Blue Poppy' (blue), 'His Excellency' (red), and 'Rosea (pink)' and Anemone St.Brigid (double-flowering cultivars) ... 'Lord Lieutenant' (blue), 'Mt. Everest' (White), The Admiral (purple), 'The Governor' (scarlet Red with White ring).
All anemones carry the popular name windflower. Big-flowered Anemone coronaria is a summer bloomer that is frost sensitive and generally planted in spring. Its winter-hardy cousin Anemone blanda, planted in fall, has a distinctly different look, being low-growing with small daisy-like flowers. Native to the warm Mediterranean regions, Anemone coronaria are most commonly found commercially in two main cultivar types or strains, De Caen and St. Brigid. De Caen cultivars take their name from the city of Caen in the Normandy region of France where they were first grown. They are also called poppy anemones for their single flowers do resemble poppies. St. Brigid varieties hail from Ireland, taking their name from the patron saint of the Emerald Isle. These are double-flowering cultivars.
Anemone coronaria 'de Caen' (Anemone coronaria is Synonomous with Anemone bucharica) Anemos is the Greek for 'wind' and 'mone' meaning place, habitation. Theophrastus was the first to use the name 'anemone'; however, some authorities believe the word comes from the Syrian nama'an, the cry for the dead Adonis whose blood is described in legend as returning to life in the scarlet anemones.
Monarch De Caen' strain bear distinctive petals of these large single flowers resemble ethereal crepe-paper objects dart. Many varieties boast dark, almost black, poppy-like centers. Poppy Anemones are an exalted group of brilliantly tinted, long-stemmed Anemones. You may recognize their distinctive shapes in the paintings of Rembrandt and other Dutch Masters who combined the flowers brilliant colors with light and shadow, creating some of the worlds most famous works of art. A wholly enchanting group of plants, named from the Syrian word Namaan, which is a cry of lament for Adonis whose blood, the legend goes, fell to earth and became scarlet anemones. All have divided and lobed leaves and sprite, many-petaled flowers. As a group, anemones aren't too particular about soil type. Some prefer light shade for at least a part of the day.
Anemone coronaria De Caen came to the Netherlands from France around 1870. Anemones were initially limited to single-flowering types with bright colors and sturdy stems. Ongoing selection has produced cultivars that can be propagated according to color but are also sold as mixed colors.
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Maria Urso
Beautiful image.
J McCombie replied:
Thank you very much, Maria ... and thank you for featuring it in the "Exquisite Florals" group. ...J.