I haven't been feeling well, so haven't been out in the garden for a handful of days. I was just looking out my back window commenting that honorine is taking her sweet time to bloom, then just saw this thread!

She is gorgeous, isn't she? Do you get many seedlings? I hadn't ever before, but in the last couple years there are tons. Not that I mind because I find she does well in sun so I want to spot her all over the garden.

Get better soon t2d.

I get very few nearby seedlings. I think this may be due to the amount of shade it experiences as it receives not very much direct sun.

I have tried this anemone a couple of times but sadly it did not survive. Our nurseries sell them in the fall and I have found that the varieties I started from seed survive if planted in the spring. The seeds I had of HJ did not germinate.

I've never seen seed on HJ. They spread a little but never problematically. Mine are a division of a neighbour's. They've been flowering about 3 weeks now. Here they are 5 minutes ago.

Japanese anemones (Anemone x hybrida) seldom set viable seed and since they are hybrids, any seed that does germinate may not resemble the parent. The plant typically spreads rhizomatously to form colonies, sometimes quite aggressively (although HJ has a reputation for being a bit restrained in this regard). What may appear to be seedlings are simply new plants sprouting from the creeping rhizomes. Recommended methods of propagation are by division or root cuttings.......not seed.

So perfect floral.

I bought half a dozen plump 2litre plants from a local auction (Watton, Marlorena, every Tuesday). Sturdy plants to grow in the woods and easy, once established. I already have September Charm growing with late aconitum, prunus autumnalis and a winter flowering viburnum so hoping for a luminous show in a year or so.

Hmmmmm.....GG, I'll have to do more investigation of my little plants. My robustissima has been spreading nicely for a long time. I guess the reason I assumed seedlings on the HJ is that the new plants are quite a distance away from the parent plants, and almost seem to be grouped in the area where the flower heads hang over. Very interesting. I gotta' check into this. Thanks for the info!

Not 'Honorine Jobert' but I have an Anemone x hybrida in a perennial garden I maintain. I didn't plant it and I have to periodically chop bits away. It's not a good idea to allow it to grow into shrubs, but it's really a godsend since it provides a lot of flower colour at a time of the growing season when things are thinning out.

September 22, 2014.

Campanula.... I know Watton, the auction house is probably the best thing in it...

...of course we have 2 big auction houses here where I am too, although one is closing shortly...

...as for the lovely Honorine Jobert, I've been trying to get rid of it for the past 6 years.... it returns each Spring, a little piece here and there... it was an invasive nuisance amongst my shrubs... one year the next door farmer sprayed weed killer on his land and this plant caught some of it... I was delighted when it appeared dead.... back it came... maybe I should go with the flow and get some more, although I might get 'Andrea Atkinson' next time...

..sorry, it's a big negative this post... it's a gorgeous plant in the right place...

Yep, Marlorena, I sympathise when dealing with one of these immortal land-grabbers. Once again (as I do every single year), I am ruefully considering the acanthus spinossima the (then non-gardening) other half mithered me to plant. Ho, ho, it 'rarely sets seed in our climate', I read, disbelievingly since it certainly bloody well does in mine, planting itself in the middle of philadephus, salvias, even rosa cantabridgiensis. Oh, and it seemingly laughs at Round-up - yes, I admit it, I have rained liquid death upon it, succeeding only in obliterating a rather nice erodium chrysantha which got in the way of the drift.

I agreed to these, along with various euphorbias after attempting to wean myself off fripperies and do some 'grown up' and sophisticated gardening. Drew the line at hostas though (but yeah, I confess to having a phormium once)..

I am counting on the indestructible qualities of HdJ in the wood, and, as japanese anemones were a significant marker on my gardening trajectory, I suspect I will always have a sentimental fondness for them.

Have been able to keep the Anenome x hybrida above in place for 15 years, chopping every single year. In my case, have just relied on observation and muscle power. Have never used herbicides. I think that if a perennial puts on a good show, it warrants a bit more tolerance.

T2G, 'Robustissima' is a bit different. It is not a hybrid anemone so could set seed. But it has a reputation of being a rather aggressive spreader - maybe one of the more aggressive of the group - so I'd still be willing to bet that your "seedlings" are really rhizomatous shoots. They can pop up a good distance away from the mother plant.

My 'Robustissima' ate my 'Honorine Jobert' via rhizomes but did self seed about 20 feet from where the clump was.

tj

I started my robutissima from traded seed. Since I deadhead those blooms that the deer or rabbits don't eat there are no self seeded ones in my garden. Each spring I dig up some of the rhizomes to keep it under control.

I love my Honorine. Wish they would spread!

Honorine is THE BEST Japanese anemone as far as I'm concerned. There is no whiter white, and a swath of them look spectacular against a crisp clear blue autumn sky.

I also like "Pamina" a lot. Its a hot pink color. The light pink ones are eh for me, I have Robustissima but probably wouldn't buy again for the new place. Not the same effect as Honorine - she's just terrific.

How tall is the HJ anemone? It looks very tall in all your pics. It is so beautiful though.

The clumps of foliage are only a foot high, if that; the foliage stays healthy and neat all season, a rich green, and is quite attractive. The blooms rise up on tall, wiry stems in the late summer/fall, giving an airy effect.

Floral your pic is beautiful!

I Purchased this earlier this summer....to my surprise.

It was a very large plant labeled 'Charlotte Queen'.

Although I'm not disappointed...I really wanted the 'pink' Charlotte Queen...

Karen, our HJ is four feet tall including the flower.

GardenHo - if your anemone isn't pink then I don't believe it can be Queen Charlotte which is, by definition, pink. AKAIK there isn't a white QC nor an anemone called Charlotte Queen. I think the label on your plant was suspect.

My HJs are also about 4 feet tall.

Floral I had it backwards...it was labeled "Queen Charlotte".

So yes, I was very surprised to see it bloom white..and to realise it is a HJ.

It was a large plant that I divided and they are now both blooming beautifully!

rouge I do believe I will have to find a spot for HJ after seeing these pics and reading all the glowing reports.

Since the Persicaria is shown with it I will make this a double whammy and say that I will also be on the lookout for Golden Arrows as well!

LOL tsugajunkie I can relate. My Robustissima tries to eat everything but I still enjoy it enough to do the extra work of curtailing its spread.

Good for you peren.all! (You shouldnt have too much difficulty finding GA as I have seen it around the last couple of seasons.)

This is one of my HJ's. Divided and planted approx 4 wks ago with not a bud in site. It seems to be very happy as it is quite the performer!

UPDATE:

Hot of the press...drum roll...HJ Anemone is.......drum roll

2016 PPA Plant of the Year

Um, so after being in cultivation for 150+ years it is finally being "recognized"? Pfft...

As I recall most of the PPA "Perennial of the Year" plants are well established perennials. (For example last year it was the hardy well known geranium Biokova). I am just glad it brings some publicity to many of these outstanding classic perennials.

UPDATE:

I planted 2 more HJ last August and I am so glad to see a green leaf or two emerging from the ground this past weekend on each of these new plants....love this Fall flowering perennial.

One of my very favourite plants. It survived years of neglect. Last year it was pretty good after I cleared away the weeds. This year I am hoping for an old fashioned show like years ago.

Do does it take a while for an HJ to be established like it did my hybrid anemone? Planted one last year and though it is near the hybrid-seems to be no sign of it. See lots of new hybrid plants, however. Are the leaves a straight green on HJ? Hybrid are bronzed.

UPDATE:

Now coming into bloom for 2016:

Yes - They're out here too.

I got some Honorine in the spring in trade. I planted in 2 different places, one is blooming right now, the other doesn't look like it will bloom. Neither looks as full & healthy as yours, but I have high hopes for next year!

UPDATE for 2017:

So far lots less blooms than in previous years but I wanted to keep this thread going as HJ is a great PS/Part Shade perennial and many of you have wonderful specimens.

'cecily', those are impressive stands of anemone!

My (ahem) 'spring border' started out harbouring the usual array of delicate bulbs and a handful of small delights - deinanthe, jeffersonia, various geraniums, epimedium, saxifrage, primula. For one season, it looked delicious...although it was abundantly clear, even to this deluded optimist, that changes were afoot. I made a gallant effort to keep order but inevitably, within 3 years, the entire border (although, tbf, it is only 1 foot wide) is dominated by hellebore and Japanese anemone. Spring yahoo and autumn hooligan are the least sweary names I call them. Digitalis lutea hangs in there, as does thalictrum delavayii album...but barely. Epimediums, geraniums, dog tooth violets, pulmonaria, primula, impatierns omeiensis, thalictrum diffusiflorum...now I am recalling the invisible casualties, I am feeling sick.

Anyway, it is looking decent at the moment - the anemones have stretched upwards, through a sporadically blooming New Dawn rose, colliding with trailing blue convolvulous (sabatius) in a terracotta wall-pot.

Rouge, you also just posted that kalmeris is less floriferous this year. Wondering again if weather was different this year. And both of these are late season bloomers.

Thanks 'Marie'. I would have thought this was a great season for HJ as it was quite moist from the start to now and not very hot. I am kind of losing my confidence as there are (too?) many examples of previously vigorous perennials that are just doing so so this year. Gardening does keep you humble.