Attracting the attention of both judges and audience at the Chelsea Flower Show in England, this award winner bears lovely, pure white flowers with lavender blue on the backs of the outer petals. As a result, you are treated morning and evening to nodding, half-closed bicolor blooms. Selected from seedlings with a few different parents of early- and late-blooming varieties, Wild Swan offers a long season of bloom. 'Macane001' PP 23,132 It's hard to orchestrate a proper beginning or finish to the growing season without including Anemones in your plan. Blooms are either pink or white, with a bright ring of golden stamens in the center, and both single and semidouble varieties are available. The foliage is generally a deep green that is pleasing to look at all summer and rarely bothered by pests or disease. Anemones thrive in full sun or partial shade (required in the South and the warmer areas of Zones 9 and 10 in the West) and deep, rich, moist soil. Once established (which may take a year or two), they will fill in any available space, though these plants are far too charming .
