Meadow anemone (anemone canadensis)

Meadow Anemone (Anemone canadensis)

Meadow Anemone spreads like a soft, spring-green carpet and then erupts into bloom with cheerful white flowers that float above its leaves. Its foliage emerges early and stays attractive through much of the season, forming a dense, finely textured mat that suppresses weeds and knits together a cohesive planting design. Since it can handle some shade, it works great as an underplanting below taller plants. Each flower is made of five pure white sepals surrounding a golden-yellow center, creating a crisp, clean contrast against the foliage. While it can be aggressive in areas with full sun that are consistently moist and have little competition, it's well behaved in drier soils. partial shade or well-established beds. It’s a reliable groundcover for wetland edges, rain gardens, or any spot where you want something to fill in quickly and beautifully. In bloom, it gives a breezy, bright feeling to the landscape, often while most other native plants are still just starting to leaf out.

Growing Conditions

• Light: Full sun to part shade

• Soil: Medium to moist, tolerates seasonal flooding

• Height: 1–2 feet

• Spread: 2–4 feet and expanding by rhizome

• Zones: 3–8

• Bloom time: Late May to early July

Wildlife Value
The simple, open flowers of Canada Anemone are visited by small bees, including sweat bees (Halictidae) and mining bees (Andrena spp.), as well as syrphid flies. 

Blooms Alongside: Golden Alexander (zizia aurea), wild Columbine Aquilegia canadensis), blue wild indigo (baptisia australis), Ohio spiderwort