Do Anemone bulbs come back..

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    purplemer Apprentice Gardener

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    Last year I planted a few wrinkled dark brown bulbs called Anemones.... They gave lolvey flowers.. So I just went and got me eighty of them and made a bed for them...
    My friend says they only grow once then they die.. I thought bulbs come bak year to year..

    soz to ask such a basic question...

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    My understanding is that, in general, Anemones are Perennial.
    Certainly mine have repeated for several years. They are a bright plant of numerous bright colours that appear in the spring.

    You should have plenty of colour next year. Good luck:thumbsup:
     
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    I agree

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    Yes I think they are all perennial.

    The main bulbs are A. coronaria (very colourful including bright reds) and A. blanda and nemerosa (mainly whites and blues). However my experience is that not all the bulbs I planted thrived - I don't know why. They might have got dried up so much in the packet that they were dead. I would be interested to hear other peoples thoughts.
     
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    I do love anemones, such bright colours, and I do kinda like the way the leaves unfurl as the bulb emeres :heehee:

    I got about 100 as they were selling off at a bulb supplier's warehouse 85p for 20!! Should I leave planting these until next year? I have soaked mine in the past for 24 hours prior to planting, but does anyone know if this REALLY makes a difference....or just hearsay?
     
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    Hi CosmosGuy - thanks for your friendship offer to which I have replied.

    Given that they flower fairly early in the spring I would think that they ought to be planted now. They may well be developing in some way over the winter. I am not sure about soaking them. They certainly look as though they need a soak, but given the amount of rain we have had recently I think they would be getting that anyway. I suspect that soaking starts the process of development off, and that if you were planting them in a dry period a good soak would be a good start.
     
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      Hi Pete, many thanks for your reply :)

      I will get out this weekend and prepare the bed for them....I won't soak these ones in that case.

      At least that's one less job to be done next year then :dbgrtmb:
       
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      Thank you for your replies.. I am going to plant them now and see...:-)
       
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      I think Anenomes are fantastic and my garden here would not be without them, also Freesias. They both bloom in the Spring for me here year after year. Both are my little bit of England that people don't plant here. A total joy. :love30:

       
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        I planted freesias before, but no luck! Lovely flowers and scent though.
         
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        Hi Cosmos ... I could not get along with Freesias in Bucks ... or they with me whatever. However, I have had them here for 8-10 years and they spread and now actually seed everywhere like wildfire! I am quite stunned by it all. I have red clay soil (if you call that soil) and it is VERY dry. We have exceptionally dry summers (this year 3 days of rain so far since the beginning of May) and very wet winters (torrential rain). This I think is the clue to growing them. I have some in the sun but most in partial shade.
         
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          I bought several different types from various supliers last year, and trialed them in 3 areas....not one casme up.....I imagine it would not like the wet, heavy clay soil we tend to have. It is a little drier at the front, but that's a raised bed and unfortunately has no room for any. I guess for now I'll have to enjoy them in a vase....and if I ever move to somewhere nice and warm I could try them again......although the latter is fairly unlikely :heehee:
          Do you take any as cut flowers Victoria?
           
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          Hi Cosmos, our 'rain season' is basically October - March (not that we've had any yet) and we get 18-20 inches annually and it can be quite torrential. We have only had 3 days of light rain since the beginning of May (not consequtively).

          I don't plant the Anenomes in the ground, they are in large tubs containing potting compost. It is the Freesias that are in the red clay 'soil'. I always have a vase of Freesias in the kitchen and sometimes the Anenomes. I was really quite surprised when I discovered the Freesias were 'seeding' in various places but also pleased and have left them in situ. Both flowers bloom February-April here but I'm sure much later in the UK.

          Perhaps you should try tubs this year and put them in your sunniest spot? :)
           
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            Yes definetely worth a try. I can pick the bulbs up fairly cheaply, so will give that a bash come next year :dbgrtmb:

            ....another excuse to buy another pot :heehee: oh the OH will be happy :heehee:
             
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