Beautiful, Jane, thanks for sharing.
Poppy anemones are hardy here in zone 7 Maryland, but the foliage, which is produced in the autumn if the tuberous corms are planted early enough, suffers badly in our winters and is frequently destroyed. New foliage comes from the roots and the plants generally produce a few flowers. If they have the protection of a wall, a southern exposure, and thoughtful cover during the worst of the winter, they put on a great display. Otherwise, they are hardly worth growing with us. I've read that florists in the early twentieth century planted the seeds in the spring, grew the resulting plants on through the summer (I don't know how they kept them going), kept them growing into the fall and winter to get them to bloom within a year. Jim McKenney
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