everybody what's up today we're gonna be talking about how to grow an M&E now there are a lot of different types of anemone there's an M&E Blanda I believe a Japanese anemone that blooms in the fall but for this video we're gonna be talking specifically about anemone corneria an ebony coronary of blooms in very early spring almost kind of winter depending on where you live really now I know I've seen at least probably 20 videos on YouTube about people planting anemones and there's never a follow-up video because I can only assume that things did not work out well because these can be kind of tricky unless you know when to plant them and all that good stuff so with all that frustration aside let's get started you'll sometimes hear anemones called Windflower and the different types are Hardy in different zones for example the anemone bland as Hardy in zones 4 through 9 but for corneria you have to be a little bit warmer in zones 7 through 10 if you want them to overwinter now even if you live a little bit outside of that hardiness zone there's still some ways to get some really beautiful flowers for example I live in zone 6b or seven depending on the year really and I have to take some extra precautions to make sure that my plants are strong and that they survive have nice blooms in the springtime for me personally the best time to plant these is in the fall rather than the spring when you start seeing these bulbs show up the thing to remember with these is that they actually like cool weather so if you're like me and you live in a climate that has a very short spring and it gets really hot you're pretty much setting yourself up for failure here however if you live somewhere that's really mild throughout the summer or has a mild winter or has a long spring you might be okay planting these in the springtime and still give them the bloom it really just depends on your garden and where you live with all that being said these plants are pretty frost tolerant usually down to about 26 for a little bit of time won't hurt them at all Rowley I plant them in an unheated hoop house or a low tunnel type deal and when it gets very cold under I would say about 20 I also add a frost blanket on top of them of plants to protect them much like redonkulous enemies all grow from corns but they definitely look a lot different they kind of remind me of little rocks they're very hard and shriveled up looking and you really kind of need to wake them up before you plant them what I do to wake them up is I just soak them overnight in water I've heard different things from different places you have the option to aerate the water you can use just like a fishtank bubblers like you would use to make compost tea but I've done it both ways without any kind of aeration and it worked out just fine I know a lot of people do a fungicide treatment somehow also but I don't really do it and I've never really had a problem to get these corn started after I've let them soak overnight I take them out and I just plant them out into like a baking dish or shallow tray and I'm gonna let them sprout in the tray and then transplant them into my beds or wherever I'm gonna grow them ideally you want the temperatures to be on 40 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit at night and around 60 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit during the day for me this happens usually around the first week of October in the fall in those conditions I usually start to see new growth within about a week to ten days something like that the thing you remember about anemone corms is that they are very sick seven little sharat while these things do need to be kept moist you need to be careful not overwater them because they will turn into a rot and really mess trust me I've learned from experience it's happened it's gross I'll openly admit that I wasn't too thrilled about growing anemone flowers for the first time I mean any pictures that I've ever seen on the Internet looked kind of dull and boring and being totally honest I'm just not a fan of the single flowers I like flowers with a little more pizazz I'm not gonna lie but once I finally was successful with these I was not disappointed the colors are so rich and vibrant and amazing as well as the texture and and not only that these are the first flowers to bloom for me in the season last year they started blooming in December we had a really warm winter and they bloomed from December all the way until about the end of April usually they'll go a bit longer but like I said things warmed up really fast and again my experience is growing them in a polytunnel and unheated hoop house so it's going to be a little bit different depending on you love this past you're also planning some corms directly out into my garden unprotected to see if they would overwinter they did overwinter but my only have patient is that our winter was a lot milder than it usually is so I'm not sure how they would have done if we were having a harsh winter not only that you kind of get a better quality bloom when you put them in the polytunnel because the stems will get longer and the blooms will be protected from the rain and everything when they're out in the yard they kind of get weathered very fast but they're still beautiful the plants are somewhat cut and come again they will keep producing for you until you know the weather heats up where the plants are just exhausted I guess I think that's what happened this year since they were blooming for such a long period of time anemones definitely make really nice cut flowers for violet that you cut them at the right stage and you don't wait too long if you wait too long for the blooms that open all the way things do get really delicate and the petals tend to fall off and not last very long in a vase and as with a lot of plants if you're gonna grow like a big long row of room or something you might think about adding maybe a horizontal layer of trellis netting to support the blooms because the stems can get very long as a general rule I like to go by I think it's always safest to assume that the ornamental or cut flowers that you put in your garden are toxic until you know otherwise I do believe in no nazar stalks which is some degree I would have to look it up but as always you need to take responsibility and know what you are planning in your garden and what you have around your kids your pets and generally the people you love you know comments and stuff don't touch your eyes in your face always wash your hands I know I might be the person who always just likes to know but I know for me you have an issue with anemones I can't handle anemones for a long period of time or pick a lot of them or my hands will start acting up and structure but I suggest that you always wear gloves whenever you're doing all this kind of stuff if you do decide to grow anemones in your garden make sure that you're always deadheading spent blooms so that they're not producing seeds I've never grown these from seeds and I don't know if they would come true to seed or what they would look like but I'm sure that's something I would eventually like to do in the future when I have the room in the space I've read online in a couple places that after your flowers are done and plants have died back and turned yellow much like a lot of spring bulbs do you can lift the corns and save them for fall to plant to have more flowers for next year now I've never done this I think I probably would have if I didn't have such a powdery mildew issue this year but I think I'll do that in the future too you might be wondering why you can't just leave the corns in the ground through the summer if you live somewhere that is hot and humid and wet there's probably a good chance that those are gonna rot away before the fall and then so that's the reason a lot of people just go ahead and treat the corns as annuals as you do a lot of spring bulbs like tulips and things like that I think that's about it hopefully I didn't miss anything if you have any questions at all feel free to leave them in the comments and I'll try to help the best I can I'll put all the links to my social media stuff down in the description below as well as a link to my blog article as always I hope it is really sunny wherever you are and I hope you're having a really great day bye guys