Japanese Anemones: 5 Double Flowering Varieties

Japanese anemone 'Tiki Sensation'

The variety ‘Tiki Sensation’ is the queen of double-flowered anemones. Its frilly petals are a salmon pink, turning to pure white before taking on rosy hues as cooler temperatures arrive. It is best planted in a partially shaded location. Early-blooming, it flowers from July to October, allowing you to enjoy its long and generous flowering period.

Japanese anemone ‘Tiki Sensation’

Create a lovely scene of simplicity, finesse, and lightness with clumps of grasses such as Calamagrostis bachytricha and Buenos Aires verbena.

Japanese anemone 'Whirlwind'

The Japanese anemone ‘Whirlwind’ is adorned with double white flowers with a pink reverse from August, and its flowering continues until October. Its petals are decorative as they are slightly undulate. With a height of 1.20 m, this white anemone adds height, charm, and elegance to borders. It is best planted in a semi-shaded location.

Japanese anemone ‘Whirlwind’

Pair it with ornamental grasses, such as Carex in the foreground to dress the base. Choose variegated foliage like the variety ‘Feather Falls’ or bright ones like ‘Aurea’. Add some chrysanthemums like the irresistible ‘Poésie’ mixed with a few clumps of Pennisetum ‘Goldstrich’.

Japanese anemone 'Reine Charlotte'

The Japanese anemone ‘Queen Charlotte’ is another double-flowered anemone, with pink blooms. It develops stems up to 1 m tall that bear small pale pink flowers with prominent yellow stamens. Flowering from August to October, it thrives in partially shaded locations with non-burning sunlight.

Anemone ‘Queen Charlotte’ (or ‘Königin Charlotte’)

Pair it with Sanguisorba tenuifolia ‘Alba’, Verbena hastata ‘Rosea’, Eryngium planum, and Calamagrostis acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ for a successful late-season display.

Japanese anemone 'Margarete'

With its large double flowers in a deep pink, Japanese anemone ‘Margarete’ is highly valued for its exuberance. Standing at 90 cm tall, it will add colour as a standalone specimen or in a border. Its double flowers will bloom from August until the first autumn chills. It is best grown in cool, well-drained soil in a location that is part sun, part shade.

Japanese anemone ‘Margarete’

The ‘Margarete’ variety will enhance a grass border by adding colour and height. In the background, plant some calamagrostis that can reach between 90 cm and 1.20 m, along with Imperata cylindrica ‘Red Baron’ for their foliage that turns red in summer. In the foreground, arrange carex oshimensis such as ‘Evergold’ or ‘Everglow’ to provide structure and unique foliage. If you want to add some touches of pink, alongside the flowers of the anemone, consider a few heathers.

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Japanese anemone 'Prinz Heinrich'

The Japanese anemone ‘Prinz Heinrich’ can be classified among the most beautiful generous specimens as it is covered in semi-double to double flowers, ranging from purplish-pink to violet. Its abundant flowering lasts from July until the first chills of autumn. Once established in partial shade or full sun, this pink Japanese anemone produces a multitude of small flowers on floral stems approximately 70 cm high.

Japanese anemone ‘Prinz Heinrich’

Take advantage of its long flowering period to showcase it in an autumn-coloured border. Place hardy geraniums in the foreground alongside ‘Ascot Rainbow’ euphorbias, with variegated flowers and foliage. In the background, install giant asters and vary the colours with varieties such as ‘Pink Star’, with mauve flowers; ‘Herbstschnee’, with white flowers; or ‘Andenken an Alma Pötschke’, with ruby-red flowers. Add shrubs such as panicle hydrangeas whose flowers and foliage take on autumn colours. Pair with a winged euonymus (Euonymus alatus), whose foliage ignites in red from October.

For further reading

• Get inspired with more staging ideas from our sheet Japanese Anemones: 8 Ideas for Successful Combinations
• To learn everything about Japanese anemone, check out our complete sheet Japanese Anemone: Planting and Care and How to Grow a Japanese Anemone in a Pot?