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How To Grow... Anemones
Amateur Gardening
|September 21, 2019
Anemones or windflowers brilliantly assist in seasonal transitions and provide weeks of colour. Anne Swithinbank explains how to grow these pretty perennials from tubers
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THE brown wizened tubers of anemones are strange-looking beasts. Rock-hard, generally around 3 ∕4in (2cm) long and heavy for their size, it is hard to believe that anything as beautiful and delicate as a windflower could emerge from them. Autumn is planting time, and if the tubers are dry, they are best soaked overnight ready for a quick getaway in the soil.
This story is from the September 21, 2019 edition of Amateur Gardening.
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