Associate the Blanda Anemones

In a white garden

Originating from the mountainous regions of Greece and Turkey, the Anemone blanda ‘White Splendour’ is hardy. Its flowers bloom as early as March. They resemble small daisies that are quite large for the species, measuring 4 to 5 cm, composed of around fifteen white petals with a pink reverse arranged around the light yellow centre of the flower.

The white anemones form a dense carpet with the Euphorbia myrsinites, brightened by the chartreuse flowers of the latter, from which emerge the white flowers of the Erythronium ‘White Beauty’ and the discreet yet fragrant flowers of the Gomphostigma virgatum. Together, they highlight the Salix hastata ‘Wehrhahnii’, a small willow with red branches and its large silver catkins as its green, downy foliage appears.

The white anemones illuminate the light bed of the tangy spurge that accompanies the playful flowering of the hastate willow and the bells of the Erythronium ‘White Beauty’. The Gomphostigma adds lightness and structure to the whole.

In a woodland

Anemone blanda ‘Blue splendour’ is a variety with sky-blue flowers highlighted by a lemon-yellow throat, requiring no maintenance. It naturalises and over time forms large flowering cushions as spring returns. Plant their tubercles in large groups under trees that will provide them with light shade in summer. The anemone enjoys the sun in spring but prefers shade in summer.

This small plant forms large groundcover colonies that brighten up light woodlands. Its companion Eranthis hyemalis, with slightly fragrant flowers blooms almost at ground level from February, often piercing through the snow, before the foliage appears. The Scilla bifolia has flowers of a deep blue that brighten up cool woodlands before the trees bear their leaves. The Cyclamen coum ‘Album’ blooms white in winter close to the ground. It spreads slowly to form a lovely carpet.

No taste faux pas with Fragaria rubicolia ‘Mont Omei’, whose late flowering begins in June with a multitude of small white to pink flowers with golden centres. These bedding strawberries are the size of woodland ones, but their taste unmistakably recalls that of apricot.

The bright flowers of Anemone blanda ‘Blue splendour’ mingle with the lemon-yellow flowers of Eranthis hyemalis. The white ‘Coum’ cyclamen hides the blue bells of Scilla in a dense carpet among the strawberries.

In a meadow

Anemone blanda ‘Blue Shades’ with its celestial blue daisy-like flowers, is a particularly bright spring anemone that multiplies very easily in well-drained soil, and withstands dry, hot summers perfectly.

Naturalise these beautiful blue daisies by mixing them with Fritillaria meleagris with its lovely purple checkered bells amidst Muscari latifolium and its beautiful range of blue and Euphorbia polychroma ‘Bonfire’ which adds a reddish-brown touch. The Myosotis sylvatica ‘Roi des Carmins’ is in bloom throughout spring. Romantic and with an incomparable lightness, its numerous small pink flowers bring an indefinable charm to your meadow.

L‘Anemone blanda ‘Blue shade’ opens the spring season amidst the blue spikes of Muscari in the top left. In summer, the surprising Guinea Fritillaries on the right blend with the explosion of colours from Myosotis ‘Roi des Carmins’ in harmony with the purple foliage of the Little Euphorbia polychroma ‘Bonfire’