Identify this plant please

My DH has been growing this plant for three years. He's lost the label, and can't remember it's name. Do any of you keen gardeners or plants women know what it is?

Hi This plant is a Japanese anemone so lovely this time of year also comes in white i had one years ago called dreaming swan if i remember correct.

It looks happy there icy.

I moved my pink Japanese Anemone from one end of the garden to t'other because it just sat and did nothing much (too chilly and soggy in winter). Now flowering vigorously in front of a 'Royal Purple' smoke tree, which is a good combination. I'll try for a picture.
The anemone originally came from my son's garden in London, where it had been trampled, dug out numerous times, covered over by decking, and still kept emerging triumphant!

I chop back my alchemila mollis as soon as the flowers start going over, then you get a neat little mound growing back. It's even seeded itself in the lawn

I like the alchemilla mollis really shysal. I think the greyish leaves and pale yellow flowers are a lovely foil for things like hardy geraniums.
It just took me too long to work out that it's best to cut the flowers off before they set seed everywhere!
I hope your Japanese anemones do well!

I nipped to the Plant Centre up the road and got 2 pink and 1 white Japanese Anemones, so hope they thrive.

I hate that I have difficulty remembering plant names these days, an age thing I suspect.

janeainsworth, I have Alchemilla Mollis coming up in all sorts of places, including in my pots containing herbs. I actually quite like it within reason, especially after rain, when the droplets form 'jewels' on the leaves. My next door neighbour does nothing at all to her garden and it has overtaken the whole plot! I tried to split the main plant and took it to DD's to fill some gaps, but needless to say it died. Sod's Law!

They're fairly invasive in my garden (alkaline soil) I made the mistake of planting them alongside a path because they flop all over the place and need a lot of staking. I dug some out and moved them to a better position where they're supported by other plants but the blighters are difficult to remove completely.

anno - is it a triffid?

janerowena - my garden isn't dry (north west Uk, we don't do dry). The soil was clay from 4" down when we moved in but I've worked hard adding compost and clay breaker so it's much improved. Do they change colour? I thought I'd put a white one in last year but only have pink.

I have a huge hosta which gets bigger every year and has lovely hyacinth-blue flower spikes. The slugs and snails don't have much luck with it, possibly because it's just too big.

Funny, I posted a correction to that 'treen fingers' and it has disappeared. Of course I meant what's the opposite of GREEN fingers?

It depends on your soil, it's harder for them to seed in soggy areas. They quite like dry partial shade, so are very useful in shadier areas that other flowers wouldn't like. As you can see from the photo, they are very happy in a very dry spot at the base of a wall.

You can also get them in mauve, but those are far rarer. The smaller varieties aren't as rampant.

Isn't that interesting, that these plants flourish in some gardens and not in others. I can't grow lupins (for example) so I grow them in pots. Hosta's do brilliantly but I tend to have a lot in pots with copper round in an attempt to stop the slugs n snails eating out every evening.

They aren't invasive in my garden, shysal. A friend gave me a clump years ago and they have just sat there, gradually getting bigger and occasionally seeding themselves.
Nothing like the dreaded alchemilla mollis

Green fingers perhaps anno ;)

mine come from sil and bil's garden in Surrey- but they truly do not like being moved and take a long time to establish. I'd love some more though.

Many thanks, ladies. I thought they looked anemone-like. Sorry about the quality of the picture from my phone. I was nervous about being caught on somebodies drive so had hand shake! On googling I see that some varieties are invasive and some not. I actually want them to spread, in a wildish area in the communal car park for my row of houses. Will try a garden centre this afternoon, failing that, Ebay.

They flourish in my sister's garden in Scotland but she gave me some roots which I managed to kill. What's the opposite of treen fingers?

Iam64- send them here next time- I would just love to have more. I love them- not in flower yet up here in t'mountains.

Yes agree. Can also get white ones

Yes, a Japanese anemone - they're beautiful but invasive. I've just dug several out in an attempt to stop them colonising the entire garden. They're going down the road to youngest daughter's currently neglected garden.

Yes, agree a Japonese anemone. This is quite easy to grow if it likes the soil and position unlike ordinary woodland anemones.

mamaPow5 If the Japanese anemone is also called a windflower then your "anemometer" should be useful in measuring how fast it's blowing.

Looks like Japanese anemones to me too.

The flowers are rather fuzzy in the photo, but the leaves look to me like Japanese anemones.