What kind of anemone? Japanese anemone or the spring-blooming anemones? (A. sylvestris or the bulbous anemones)

That is really sad. So sorry to hear it. Unfortunately, our climate has changed and is very unpredictable. Over the last 5 years, sudden cold in the spring has spoiled a lot of my early spring display. And I made the decision to stop buying early bulbs. I just don't want to perpetuate the disappointment. I don't get rid of what I have that comes up early, but I set my sights on late spring plants and bloom. I buy later blooming daffodils and Leucojum. I do have two bulbs that come out in spring that seem to tolerate the cold, snowdrops and Scilla.

Japanese, Fall blooming- and right now can't recall the variety (September Charm?). Altho as prairiemoon mentions, blooming times have been changing over the years. They used to bloom at the end of August. Lately it's been more like mid-July.

The ground appears pretty dry even with the leaf mulch, I wonder if that's part of the problem. Anemones in another bed seem to have kept their green new growth. Then again, there's a little more protection there.

I'm trying to remember if this has happened before and if new leaves came up. Oh, I'm in Northeast Ohio.

Fall blooming anemones are fully herbaceous.....they should and do die down to the ground (root crown) in winter and then reappear in midspring. Not sure where you are located but in even very mild winter climates like mine, they are barely making an appearance.

Regardless, I wouldn't be overly concerned. These are very tough plants and they will rebound. In a previous garden, I spent a good chunk of my spring trying to rip them out from areas where they spread too aggressively and they still managed to resprout and grow just from scraps of root left behind.

Thank you, I keep trying to remind myself how hardy they are. As I say, this bed of Sept.Charm has been the mainstay of my garden for many years. I love anemones and have several varieties.

We had unseasonably warm temps in early March. Rain is predicted for several days this week along with temps in the high 70s. Perhaps the plants will try again to send up some foliage.

Oh yeah, Japanese anemones (at least in my climate) verge on being weeds. You can't kill them.

Interesting to hear they die to the ground in PNW. Mine get ratty but are definitely evergreen.

Update. I think I saw more green amongst the dead foliage while cleaning up the bed yesterday, i.e. cutting back the old stalks. : )

An encouraging sign! (told ya' so! :0p)