General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 3 - 4 feet (.91 - 1.22 m)
Plant Spread: 1.5 - 2.5 feet (.48 - .76 m)
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Other: Divide in spring
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Japanese Windflower
  • Japanese Anemone
  • Japanese Thimbleflower
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Eriocapitella hupehensis
  • Synonym: Anemone hupehensis
Also sold as:
  • 'Alba'

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Location: sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Date: 2023-10-28
Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Date: 2024-03-10
Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Date: 2024-02-12
Location: sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Date: 2023-10-07

Date: 2016-10-18
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2017-08-27
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-10-16
Bloom
Location: Maine
Uploaded by Hazelcrestmikeb
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-10-07

Date: 2014-09-29

Date: 2014-09-29
Location: Maine
Date: 2017-09-28
Location: A Canadian garden 
Date: 2019-09-11
Location: Maine
Date: Sept. 2011
Planted fall 2010
Uploaded by Hazelcrestmikeb

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-09-20

Credit: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma

Courtesy Avant Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2013-10-12

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-10-06
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-10-06
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney,  N.S.W., Australia
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-10-07

Date: 2014-09-29
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-08-25
Location: Baltimore, MD
Date: 2013-08-28

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Part Shade Zone 6
Date: 2011-09-06
This is a new plant this year.

Photo courtesy of Sunlight Gardens
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-10-30
Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert', 2017, Japanese [Anemone], Wi

Date: 2014-09-29
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-09-26
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-09-26

Date: 2013-10-03

Date: 2013-10-03

Date: 2013-10-03
Location: SunZone 6a
Date: 2013-09-13

Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Part sun
Date: 2012-09-06
Location: Part Sun Z 6 a
Date: 2012-09-06
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Comments:
  • Posted by ge1836 (Pittsford NY - Zone 6a) on Sep 6, 2012 12:39 PM concerning plant:
    I love the way the flowers are placed on long stems and blow in the wind.
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Dec 22, 2015 11:11 AM concerning plant:
    Perennial Plant Association's Perennial Plant of the Year for 2016
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