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Anemones De Caen
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I bought a couple of packets of these bulbs/corms(?) today. I have never grown them before and the picture of them flowering on the front of the packets tempted me. Has anyone grown these - are they easy/difficult to produce the lovely flowers & can I grow them in large terracotta pots - do I layer them and how many in each pot please? Are they annuals or perennials?
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That conjures up a lovely picture of the two types of bulbs making a stunning display Sophie. I was going to plant them in the next few days putting 25 in each pot. The bulbs looks so dry and shrivelled so I think I will be lucky to get 15 - 20 actually doing anything. I assume that if all shoot up I could transplant some into another pot.
When I last grew them in pots I planted them in the autumn. Then when I wanted to plant petunias for summer I dug them up and forgot to bring them indoors and something must have eaten them, the next morning they had gone!
It seems that Autumn is the time to plant them, but the instructions on the packet tell me to plant now .....perhaps it was a squirrel or fox that ate them Lizzie - they don't look very appetizing but then neither do edoes & I eat them!
I allowed some to go to seed last year (or was it the year before? - can't remember) - anyway I sowed the seed and had good germination. This year some of the seedlings have flowered - nice way to increase stock.
I plant them every year and they flower fantastically then never come back! I have no idea why???
I've planted some in the garden a month ago and now there are leaves appearing. I was also surprised by how shrivelled they looked, but I didn't know I had to soak them overnight. Are they going to bloom this year?
Soak the corms overnight in cold water to re-hydrate them then plant in pots or in the ground if you have a sheltered spot. Worked for me but they struggled in successive years because of very harsh winters. I may well try again as recent winters have been mild.