Canada Anemone provides an excellent groundcover for medium to moist soils, with attractive foliage and refreshing bright white flowers rising above the foliage at a height of 18”. Plants will spread rapidly by underground rhizomes – install them one foot on-center for a solid carpet of booming groundcover in one or two seasons …
Canada Anemone (Anemone canadensis) provides an excellent groundcover for medium to moist soils, with attractive foliage and refreshing bright white flowers rising above the foliage at a height of 18”. Plants will spread rapidly by underground rhizomes – install them one foot on-center for a solid carpet of blooming groundcover in one or two seasons. With adequate moisture the foliage will look great all season long.
Make a careful consideration when siting this species as it can be an agressive spreader. It is an excellent choice for a sunny moist area where there is space to fill, or perhaps a hard-to-mow damp area. Canada anemone intermingles beautifully with larger native wildflowers and sedges that have either fibrous or taproots. Mingled with Fox Sedge it creates an attractive surrounding for large plants such as Blue False Indigo, Ironweed, Joe Pye Weed and others. However, the tendency to spread quickly will usually overwhelm smaller plants. Spread can be mitigated with landscape barriers such as sidewalks or garden walls, or a mulched path that employs a weed barrier.
Canada anemone attracts early season pollinators. The foliage is unpalatable to deer and other browsing mammals.</p>
Native plants can be grown outside of their native range in the appropriate growing conditions. This map shows the native range, as well as the introduced range, of this species.
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Canada anemone is an agressive spreader, but it is not considered to be invasive. Because it is an agressive spreader it’s important to make a careful consideration when siting this species. Best planted as a ground cover, it will spread quickly into any sunny areas on open ground. It will not spread as easily into an area that is densely planted, and its spread toward the shade is slower than its spread toward sunny areas. It is Not a good choice as a "specimen" or stand-alone plant in a specimen style garden.
What size are the flowers?
The flowers of Canada anemone are small and numerous. They are each approximately one to two inches across (1" - 2").
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