Anemone ranunculoides (Yellow Wood Anemone)

Native to European woodlands, Anemone ranunculoides (Yellow Wood Anemone) is a showy herbaceous perennial producing a profusion of shiny, cup-shaped, bright golden yellow flowers in early to mid-spring. Resembling buttercups, the cute blossoms, 1 in. across (2.5 cm), are borne just above the attractive foliage of deeply-cut, three-lobed, toothed leaves. Yellow Wood Anemone naturalizes well and spreads quite quickly by creeping rhizomes to form colorful colonies. It makes a great floral display in the spring and goes dormant as temperatures rise in mid to late summer. A charming woodland ground cover for the partly shaded garden.

• Recipient of the prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society
• Grows up to 4-8 in. tall and wide (10-20 cm).
• Easily grown in humus-rich, moist, well-drained soils in part shade. Keep the soil moist during the growing season.
• Undemanding, this Anemone is a welcomed addition to borders, under trees and large shrubs, rock gardens, cottage gardens, or woodlands. For best visual impact, plant en masse.
• Keep an eye out for slugs, caterpillars, powdery mildew, leaf spot, and rust. Deer resistant.
• To be planted in fall.
• Propagate by division of rhizomes after the leaves have died down.
• Native to Europe.