Japanese Anemone (Honorine Jobert)

How to plant and care for Japanese Anemone (Honorine Jobert)

Anemone × hybrida 'Honorine Jobert'

🌸 Flower 🔁 Perennial

Pure white, golden-eyed flowers swaying on tall stems from August to October — the best late flowers for shade. Spreads slowly once settled.

When to plant and care for it

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Flowers

Timed for a typical UK garden (last frost mid-April). The app uses your own town's frost dates.

Growing Japanese Anemone (Honorine Jobert): what it needs

Light
Part shade · 6+ hours a day
Watering
Water well until established, then in dry spells
Soil
Fertile, well-drained soil
Spacing
60 cm
Height
1.2 m
In pots
Best in the ground
Feeding
A little general feed in spring
Hardiness
USDA zones 4–8

Step by step

  1. On planting day

    Plant

    Plant at the same depth as it was in its pot, 60 cm apart, and firm in.

  2. 0–1 days after “Plant”

    Water In Well

    Give a full can of water, then keep moist for the first few weeks while roots establish.

  3. 7–14 days after “Water In Well”

    Mulch Around the Base

    Spread 5 cm of compost or bark around the plant, keeping it off the stems.

Every year

  • September
    In Flower

    White flowers glowing in the shade — take a photo.

  • November
    Cut Back

    Cut the dead stems to the ground and mulch.

More flowers to grow

Photo: Agnes Monkelbaan / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)