Anemone Virginiana

June 19, 2025

Tall Anemone (Anemone virginiana) is beginning to bloom right now, along the trails and also the ones that have volunteered in my gardens. It’s a herbaceous perennial in the Buttercup (Ranunculaceae) family. Native to central and eastern US and to Canada as well.

The seedhead, just beginning to form, in the upper left of this image, becomes a cottony thimble shape that persists into spring providing nesting material for birds.

This Anemone is resistant to roaming deer and rabbits, which is a definite plus in my book.

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Brenda Clements Jones

Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs.