Mystery Plant - What is it?

I've looked all over and can't identify this plant, it has leaves shaped like a dandelion but they are green on top and silver underneath. The stems of the flowers have dark purple hair, and the flowers are large 3-4" coreopsis or daisy like flowers. It's a great ground cover, it comes up every spring and goes dormant in the late fall - If I water it it will stay green through the fall to the winter when it normally starts coming back. What is it?

 

I bought this plant at Home Depot without really knowing what it was. But I really liked the bright red on the stems, and it looked like it was about to bloom (see an even brighter red flower pod was at the base of the plant).

I looked all over on the internet looking for what it was, and then found the name right on the tag ;-) Philodendron Congo 'Rojo'

It seems that different resources have different ideas of what the plant will tolerate, it's a tropical plant, and will do will in zone 10 and 11, but seems like it will do well in zone 7-9 as either an annual or as a perennial that will die back in the winter.

It seems as though it should do well as an indoor plant, but I don't think it's getting enough sun, and I've both under and over watered it in the month or so that I've had it. It seems to have been potted in a medium that seems to hold onto moisture for a long time.

today I'm putting it outside to get a shot of sunlight (though not direct).

Anemones

The Anemones have been blooming, mostly just one at a time here and there they are a nice blueish purple color, and are running a bit small, this one is the largest that has bloomed. It's a little over 3" across.

from Wikipedia: According to the Oxford English Dictionary, Greek anemōnē means "daughter of the wind", from ánemos "wind" + feminine patronymic suffix -ōnē.^[4] The Metamorphoses of Ovid tells that the plant was created by the goddess Venus when she sprinkled nectar on the blood of her dead lover Adonis. The name "windflower" is used for the whole genus as well as the wood anemone A. nemorosa.^[5]

These are Japanese hybrid-style anemones, and grow from a tuber, I would hope they would naturalize in an area if they were planted in the ground.

Sunset Western Gardener Manual says they are zones 2b-24 (sunset zones, not USDA. I am in zone 14). and that they are long-lived. they are supposed to be slow to establish but spreads if the roots are not disturbed, so plant them and leave them alone. divide the rhizomes in fall or early spring, or propagate from root cuttings. they like partial shade, which is good since i have them on the patio in a pot under a very old large deciduous oak tree that keeps the patio nice and cool all summer long.

 

There are varieties of anemones that are native to California, Oregon and Washington, you can look at some of them here at the CalFlora site , they are less showy, but retain the bright cheery feel.