Thalictrum ‘Anne’

Flowers:  June-August.  Plant in part shade.  HxS 2mx60cm

Tall but sturdy, requiring no staking.  This architectural gem has dark purple stems to 2m/7ft, with glaucous, shiny blue-green leaves providing the texture.  Clusters of terminal purple-pink buds open to heads of white flowers in summer.  Selected from Thalictrum ‘Elin’, it is a vigorous plant for a moist, well-drained soil in part shade.  Use it at the back of the border or as a partition or screening plant.  Organically grown in peat free compost.  RHS hardiness rating H7.

Care & Maintenance.

Cut down in late autumn to prevent wind rock during the winter.  Propagate by division in early spring, when a spring mulch is also beneficial.