Anemone tomentosa 'Robustissima' is the pink-flowered, grape-leaved Japanese anemone that flowers in late summer and fall. In the early days of this blog last year, I lamented the premature passing of the bloom, cut down by an early hard frost just before the buds were set to open. Given a full year to settle in, the anemones began to flower late last month. I've enjoyed their vigorous and graceful blooms, with a wistful eye toward the weather forecast for tonight, which may bring this season's first frost.
Just beautiful. As the Telegraph mentioned recently, these guys can be s-l-o-w to settle in, but once ya got'em, ya got'em. I like plants with that habit: the latter, not the former :-)
Posted by: Patricia Tryon | September 29, 2004 at 05:21 AM
Thanks, Patricia! That's good news, 'cause I want'em, I want'em.
Posted by: Chan S. | September 29, 2004 at 03:46 PM
Anemones always make me think of France and 10th grade French class and looking at books of Impressionism. Now everytime I see them I think of Renoir and others who painted them. http://www.artprints-on-demand.co.uk/noframes/renoir/anemones.htm Yours are beautiful!
Posted by: avril | September 29, 2004 at 07:04 PM
Thanks, Avril! Anemones are my favorite daisy-shaped flower, with cosmos running a close second. Thanks for the link to the Renoir...what a great painting.
Posted by: Chan S. | September 29, 2004 at 08:02 PM