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Anemone blanda White Splendor Grecian Windflowers are popular as container grown spring bulbs or flower bed happy surprises. They are happy surprises because we tend to forget that we planted them and then in the spring their cheerful, daisy-like blooms pop up year after year. They are positively delightful to plant near dwarf daffodil varieties such as March Sunshine and Rapture since they bloom around the same time and are about the same height - 6 to 12-inches, creating a sweet bouquet of their own. Once they get started, Anemones can bloom for a month. If they like their new home they can spread by seed but mine never have. They do hang and in there and bloom for several years but they have never spread for me. They are cold hardy to zone 5 and do well up to zone 8. Old House Gardens says the White Splendor was introduced in 1950 when it won an RHS award as "the strongest growing and dazzling" Choose a spot in bright half-sun or half-shade, plant the corms on ...