Is Rue Anemone deer resistant?
Anemonella thalictroides
Plant typePerennialHardinessZones 4–8LightFull shade to part shadeMature height4–8 inBloomSpring and Summer
MaintenanceLow, mostly leave it alone
Native range34 US states
About Rue Anemone
A spring ephemeral: it flowers in April, then dies down completely by early summer and is gone until the following year. Plant it among ferns or a later-emerging perennial so the gap fills itself. Wants leafy woodland soil and light shade.
Soil and care
- Soil pH
- 5.5 to 7
- Drainage
- Consistently moist
- Water
- Moderate
- Spacing
- 6 to 10 in apart
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Maintenance
- Low
Similar to Rue Anemone
Other perennials with the same deer rating.
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- AsparagusAsparagus officinalisZones 2–9Seldom damaged
- AsterAster sp.Zones 3–8, genus rangeSeldom damaged
- AstilbeAstilbe x arendsiiZones 3–8Seldom damaged
- Baby's BreathGypsophila sp.Zones 3–9, genus rangeSeldom damaged
- BastardsageEriogonum wrightiiZones 5–10Seldom damaged
Where Rue Anemone grows
Hardy across most of these 50 states on zone range alone. Mountain and coastal areas sit outside the ranges used here, so check your own zone before ordering.
- Pennsylvanianative
- New Jerseynative
- New Yorknative
- Connecticutnative
- Massachusettsnative
- Virginianative
- Marylandnative
- Michigannative
- Wisconsinnative
- Ohionative
- Indiananative
- Illinoisnative
- Minnesotanative
- Missourinative
- North Carolinanative
- Tennesseenative
- Georgianative
- Texasnative
- Colorado
- California
- Oregon
- Washington
- New Hampshirenative
- Vermontnative
- Mainenative
- Rhode Islandnative
- Delawarenative
- West Virginianative
- Kentuckynative
- South Carolinanative
- Floridanative
- Alabamanative
- Mississippinative
- Louisiana
- Arkansasnative
- Oklahomanative
- Kansasnative
- Nebraska
- Iowanative
- North Dakota
- South Dakota
- Montana
- Wyoming
- Idaho
- Utah
- Nevada
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- Alaska
- District of Columbianative
Highlighted states are within its native range according to the USDA PLANTS database, where it is native to 34 US states in total.
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Common questions about Rue Anemone
- Is Rue Anemone deer resistant?
- Rue Anemone (Anemonella thalictroides) is rated Seldom Severely Damaged on the Rutgers NJAES four-tier scale. Light browsing at worst; rarely ruined.
- What hardiness zones does Rue Anemone grow in?
- Rue Anemone is hardy in USDA zones 4 to 8. Outside that range it will either not survive winter or will struggle with summer heat.
- Does Rue Anemone grow in shade?
- Yes. Rue Anemone tolerates full shade to part shade, which makes it one of the options for a shaded bed where deer also browse.
- How big does Rue Anemone get?
- Mature height is roughly 4–8 in. Growth rate is slow.