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Anemone rupicola ‘Dreaming Swan’ (Windflower)

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Plant information

Plant Description

Anemone rupicola ‘Dreaming Swan’ (Windflower) is a charming perennial featuring delicate, soft-white blooms atop slender stems, creating an airy, graceful effect in borders, rockeries, and containers. Perfect for partial shade and well-drained soil, it combines elegance with resilience, attracting bees and other pollinators. Low-maintenance and hardy, ‘Dreaming Swan’ offers long-lasting interest through late summer and autumn, adding movement and sophistication to mixed plantings and wildlife-friendly gardens.

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🌿 How to Care for Anemone rupicola ‘Dreaming Swan’ (Windflower)

How much sun do Anemone rupicola ‘Dreaming Swan’ (Windflower) need?
Anemone rupicola ‘Dreaming Swan’ (Windflower) thrives in full sun—around six hours a day. While it can tolerate light shade, you’ll get the best flowering in bright, open spots.
Anemone rupicola ‘Dreaming Swan’ (Windflower) prefers well-drained soil, ideally sandy or chalky. Rich or heavy soils can cause the plant to flop and reduce flower production.
Water well during the first growing season to help it establish. Once settled, Anemone rupicola ‘Dreaming Swan’ (Windflower) is drought-tolerant and rarely needs extra water unless it’s extremely dry.
Anemone rupicola ‘Dreaming Swan’ (Windflower) doesn’t require much at all. In fact, too much fertiliser—especially nitrogen—can lead to more leaves and fewer flowers. A light feed in spring is plenty, if needed.
Yes—regularly remove faded flowers from Anemone rupicola ‘Dreaming Swan’ (Windflower) to encourage more blooms and stop self-seeding. You can cut the plant back in autumn or early spring to tidy it up and boost new growth.
Divide Anemone rupicola ‘Dreaming Swan’ (Windflower) into clumps every 3 to 5 years in spring or autumn to keep them healthy and vigorous. You can also take soft cuttings in spring.
Yes, Anemone rupicola ‘Dreaming Swan’ (Windflower)is drought handy. Once it’s established, it copes brilliantly in dry conditions, making it perfect for sunny borders and gravel gardens.
Anemone rupicola ‘Dreaming Swan’ (Windflower) is generally low-maintenance, but it can occasionally suffer from aphids or powdery mildew—especially in humid or overcrowded spots. Good airflow and spacing usually prevent problems.

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