Japanese anemone

American  

noun

1. an eastern Asian plant, Anemone hupehensis, of the buttercup family, having purplish or reddish flowers and grown widely in gardens.

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Etymology

Origin of Japanese anemone

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

There’s a pink or white fall-blooming Japanese anemone that signals the end of summer when it flowers.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2021

One shade bed holds Japanese anemone; pink astilbe; and tall, purple meadow rue, which Cathy allows to self-seed each year.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2019

Fragrant nicotiana; tall, pale-yellow red hot pokers; cosmos; Japanese anemone; asters; spiked purple hyssops; lilies; and rose mallow.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2019

In summer, a sweep of Japanese anemone ‘White Swan’ holds airy flowers aloft.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2017

The Japanese anemone should be replanted only in the spring.

From Making a Garden of Perennials by Egan, W. C. (William Constantine)