Fantasy™ Red Riding Hood Anemone
SKU: AM017716
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Overview
Fantasy™ 'Red Riding Hood' Anemone PPAF is a vigorous compact perennial with deep pink flowers that gives you color late in the summer season – right when you need it! Golden yellow centers transform into puffy seed heads for the fall garden, and deep green foliage is up early in the spring. These Windflowers are from the popular Fantasy series, and are covered in blooms from mid-summer through fall. Partial shade to full sun sites. (Anemone)
key features
Botanical Name
Anemone Fantasy™ Red Riding Hood PPAF
Advantages
Bee Friendly, Attracts Butterflies, Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant, Long Bloom Time, Cut Flowers, Mass Plantings, Container Planting
Growing Zones
Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9
Light Requirements
Full Sun, Half Sun / Half Shade
Soil Moisture
Average, Moist / Wet
Mature Height
12-18" tall
Mature Spread
18-24" wide
Bloom Time
Mid summer to early fall
SKU
AM017716
Description
(12-18" tall x 18-24" wide) Explore the joys of a three-season garden with Fantasy™ 'Red Riding Hood' Anemone PPAF! Just as the summer garden is winding down, you'll be delighted to find strong, rosy blooms emerging above vigorous green foliage. Golden yellow centers contrast beautifully with deep pink flower petals. After a long blooming season, flowers transform gently into cottonball seed heads that add another element to the fall garden. 'Red Riding Hood,' like many Anemones, is a versatile perennial that can be used in the partial sun garden, bringing blooms to shadier areas and covering the ground with attractive weed-blocking foliage during most of the growing season. Its compact size gives the gardener a lot of options when siting it – including using it in containers! Plant 'Red Riding Hood' in well-drained, moisture retentive soil and give it room to spread. The bees and other pollinators will enjoy that late summer blooms, and so will you!
