Description
Add beauty and history to your garden with Anemopsis californicum, commonly known as Apache Beads. This unique plant features broad, dark green leaves that provide a lush backdrop for its stunning white, fragrant flowers. Historically, Apache Beads were sold in Mexico’s markets as a natural remedy to ward off malaria and other diseases. Beyond its medicinal uses, the flowers and leaves of Anemopsis californicum can be dried and used to create a fragrant potpourri, bringing both beauty and aroma into your home.
Key Features:
- Beautiful white flowers with a pleasant, natural fragrance
- Broad, dark green leaves add texture and contrast to any garden space
- Historically used in traditional medicine to ward off malaria and other ailments
- Flowers and leaves can be dried for use in potpourri, adding a sweet, floral scent to your home
- A hardy plant that thrives in moist, well-drained soil, perfect for water features or garden borders
Anemopsis californicum is not just an ornamental beauty but a plant with rich cultural history and versatile uses, making it a must-have for any garden enthusiast or herbalist.
Repotting or planting
9cm marginal plants require potting into a larger mesh basket. Place in a pond no deeper than 1/3 maximum recommended planting depth to allow the plants to establish. 1ltr marginal plants do not require repotting, place in the pond no deeper than 1/2 maximum recommended planting depth to allow the plants to establish, plants over 60cm height growth will benefit from repotting into a larger mesh basket or should be planted in gravel to prevent them from falling over. 3ltr and 5ltr plants do not require repotting, as they are larger more established plants they can be placed up to the maximum recommended depth. There is no need to remove the mesh basket.
Care instructions
Little maintenance is required for Anemopsis Californicum. Trim just above the water surface after foliage has died back in Autumn to tidy.
Colour
White
Growth rate
Medium
Flowers
Jun-Aug
Sun/shade
Full sun to part shade
Season
Spring-Summer
Measurements in centimetres
Height Min -Max
15-40
Depth Min-Max
0-15