General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 4 inches
Plant Spread: 3 - 4 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Lavender
Mauve
Pink
Purple
White
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Underground structures: Corm
Suitable Locations: Alpine Gardening
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Corms
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Other: 2015 Great Plant Picks award winner

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Common names
  • Grecian Windflower
  • Windflower
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Anemone blanda
  • Synonym: Anemone blanda var. rosea

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Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-04-07
backside, at sunset
Photo by Gardenho
Location: Stoneham MA
April 18, 2022
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-02-25
Location: Stoneham MA
Date: April 13, 2022
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2016-04-08
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-04-29
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2011-11-06
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-03-16
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-04-29
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Date: 2009-03-19
Location: My Garden, UK
Date: 2022-04-13
Location: My garden in St Louis
Date: 2005-04-04
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 8th March 2011
Location: Northern Illinois (Zone 5a)
Date: 2014-05-02
Location: Morpeth, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2016-04-21
Location: Hortus Botanicus Leiden
Date: 2022-03-26
Location: My garden in St Louis
Date: 2010-04-02
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-05-09
Location: My garden near LIncoln UK.
Date: 2009-03-29
These do well on a free draining bank facing east in semi-shade,
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-04-19

Date: 2022-03-26
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-25
SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2007-04-16
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Photo by pmb2005

Date: April 18, 2006
photo by Zanchetta Fabio
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2006-03-27
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2006-03-27
Photo by sedumzz

Date: 2022-03-26

Date: 2022-03-26
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2012-03-18
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2012-03-18
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-09-27
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 16th March 2011

Date: April 19, 1995
photo By Franz Xaver
Location: My garden near Lincoln UK
Date: 2009-04-01
These set seed and make masses of plants and flowers if in a suit
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2006-04-02
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2006-04-02

Date: 2022-03-26
Location: Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-04-23
Comments:
  • Posted by gardengus (Indiana Zone 5b) on Jun 4, 2013 7:41 PM concerning plant:
    An inexpensive little bulb that gives a good early spring show and multiplies with time.
    Benefits from soaking the tubers over night before planting
    They make a nice spring border and are equally good under taller bulbs.
    I have them planted under my dogwood tree.
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