Honorine Jobert Anemone (Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert')

Honorine Jobert Anemone (Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert') is a vigorous, clumping herbaceous perennial with deeply lobed dark green foliage. Wiry upright stems carry nodding, fragrant white flowers with dark yellow anthers from late summer into fall, followed by seedheads.

Use its tall stems to bring late-season flowers above neighboring foliage, allowing room for its vigorous growth.

Growing details

• Plant type: Clumping herbaceous perennial
• Mature size: 3–4 feet tall and 1.5–2 feet wide
• Spacing: Approximately 1.5 feet apart
• Hardiness: USDA zones 4–8
• Light: Flowers best in filtered sun
• Soil: Moist, well-drained soil
• Flowers: Fragrant white blooms with dark yellow anthers
• Bloom season: Late summer into fall
• Foliage: Deeply lobed dark green leaves

Care and garden use

This low-maintenance plant can spread aggressively, so monitor its growth where spread is unwanted.

Use as an accent or in grouped plantings, borders, naturalized areas, woodland gardens, or containers. Pair with lungwort, bleeding hearts, or coral bells for contrasting foliage and seasonal flowers.

Image credits: Acabashi, Anemone x hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’, Highdown Gardens, Worthing 2, CC BY-SA 4.0; Agnes Monkelbaan, Anemone 'Honorine Jobert' (actm) 01, CC BY-SA 4.0; Acabashi, Anemone ‘Honorine Jobert’ and Crinum x Powellii Powell Lily, Highdown Gardens, Worthing, CC BY-SA 4.0. Plants naturally vary in appearance and may differ from the images shown.