Windflowers

I have been asked what the flower is on the masthead of Feast Everyday. It is my favorite fall flower, the windflower, or anemone.

If you just get my emails and don't visit the actual Feast Everyday website, then you might not be seeing them.

Windflowers bloom profusely in the fall, and are a welcome sight, when everything else is starting to die back.

My favorite, and the one shown here, is Anemone 'Honorine Jobert'. 

It grows tall, between 3 and 4 ft, on thin, but strong, stems among large, dark-green leafy clumps.

Windflowers (anemones) in our backyard

Even in our recent, dry hot conditions ---we've gone 2 weeks now without rain and temperatures above 80 degrees---they are holding their own in our garden. 

I first saw them in the beautiful gardens behind the George Eastman Museum (of Kodak photography fame) in Rochester, and learned that they are a traditional English garden flower, in cultivation since it was discovered in 1858 by M. Jobert in Verdun, France.

As with most perennials, it takes about 3 years for them to become well-established, but they are well worth the wait. 

BHB