Pictures just don’t do it justice: The Whirlwind Japanese Anemone (Anemone x ‘Whirlwind’) is both dazzling, demure, and breathtaking. This plant will joyfully help your garden glow in fall as your spring and summer bloomers fade.

These brilliant blooms will stop you in your tracks with their impressive size, pristine white petals, alluring honey yellow stamens, and chartreuse centers! The Whirlwind Japanese Anemone bursts with semi-double blooms that last and last! The flowers will draw you in with their petals that seemingly reach toward you. These beauties appear both wind-swept and otherworldly.

If you need to naturalize an area but don’t want it to be dull or just plain boring, the Whirlwind Japanese Anemone will go above and beyond. Its blissful blooms create natural drama and its voluminous, yet low, mounding foliage will add life as an unbeatable perennial border. And the deep green heart-shaped leaves really set-off the flowers when in bloom.

Imagine this perennial’s bright white fall blooms as a border surrounding your shed or leading to your front door. The height of the Whirlwind Japanese Anemone’s stems also make it a perfect foundation plant and as a cut flower.

The Whirlwind Japanese Anemone loves clay, acidic soil, and damp areas. It thrives in moist but well-drained regions of the yard. It also performs well in full sun or partial shade. Once established, the Whirlwind Japanese Anemone doesn’t need much care.

And it will attract a wide range of pollinators including curious butterflies. And while winged creatures love it, deer and rabbits don’t care for it.

It’s easy to see why the Whirlwind Japanese Anemone won the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. And while it didn’t let the honor and prestige of this award go to its head, you will catch it dancing and swaying proudly in the breeze.

Are you ready for a whirlwind romance? If you want to add height, late summer, and fall drama to your garden, you need Whirlwind Japanese Anemones.