Anemone ranunculoides | Yellow Wood Anemone

DESCRIPTION
Anemone ranunculoides bears cheerful buttercup-yellow flowers with glossy, rounded petals surrounding a cluster of golden stamens. Blooms appear in early to mid spring, rising just above finely divided, bright green foliage that emerges as temperatures warm. The flowers open wide in sunlight and close slightly in cooler conditions, creating subtle daily movement in the garden.

Native to woodlands of central and eastern Europe, this species has been cultivated since the eighteenth century. It spreads gradually to form soft colonies beneath deciduous trees and shrubs. The plant is well suited to naturalized settings, woodland borders, and spring bulb plantings, where its early color brightens shaded areas before tree canopies fully leaf out.