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Anemones Dazzle in August

Dainty blossoms are late-summer charmers.

During August, Connecticut gardens can come down with the few-flowers blues. Many annuals have worn-out, mid-summer perennials begin to fade, and season-long blooming perennials go into a flowering lull.

But gardens containing one of the varieties of perennial anemones (Anemone hupehensis or Anemone x hybrida) don't get the August blues.

Vigorous-growing anemone flourish in part-shade to full sun when given ample moisture until established. In spring and early summer, dark green leaves form a mounding mass 18- to 24-inches tall and up to four feet wide. As summer progresses, the mounds sprout sturdy stems, sometimes three to four feet tall, topped with multiple ball-shaped buds.

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Petals in white or shades of pink, depending on the variety, begin unfurling around yellow centers in August. Watch the blossoms gracefully dance in late-summer breezes, often into September, and be sure to snip a few enchanting flower stalks to enjoy in a vase.

Read of other gardening-related joys, sorrows, ideas and
good reads at http://www.joenesgarden.com. Thirty years of gardening yields lots of blog fodder.

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