Poppy anemone is a tuberous perennial in the buttercup family, native to the Mediterranean, grown for its showy red, white or blue spring flowers. Its key to success is a dry summer rest, since the black tubers go dormant in hot months.
Family
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately during autumn to spring growth, then keep almost dry while dormant in summer.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty soil; sandy loam or a mix with grit suits the tubers.
Temperature
10–25 °C during growth; tubers tolerate summer heat when dry; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Safety
Toxic: All parts contain protoanemonin, which irritates skin and mouth and can cause digestive upset if eaten.
Native range
Medit. to W. & SW. Iran
Climate
subtropical
About
Anemone coronaria, the poppy anemone, or garden anemone, is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to the Mediterranean region.
Where it grows
Mediterranean littoral, from Greece, Albania, southern Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Northern Arabia to the Sinai Peninsula with sporadic extension east to Iran and west along the Mediterranean shores of Italy, southern France and North Africa.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.