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anemone blanda I have planted these tiny corms in all the absolute wrong places. As with most bulbs, the grower is advised to plant them in full sun, in well drained soil and to avoid boggy, heavy clay. Yeah, not in the cards (or soil as the case may be). Some years, they come up where I didn't plant them. Wherever they finally find a place to call home, it is absolutely perfect. They came up last spring under one of the dwarf conifers beside the house. I never planted anything under there ... mostly because I cant get under there... simply not enough room for me to wiggle underneath. But whatever dug them up and helped plant them somewhere else seemed to have picked a great spot. Come late spring, these lovely dancing flowers find a way to catch every passing breeze no matter how slight. The color variety in anemone blanda is pretty straight forward. You can usually find a blueish shade, a pink, and a white. Supposedly, according to the catalogues, there is a true pink that is i...