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KT53KT53 Posts: 8,050


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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 83,979
    Lesser celandine ... Ranunculas verna ... can be invasive but I love seeing its smiling face in the first spring sunshine.  It disappears by the summer.


    http://www.online-literature.com/wordsworth/517/

    If you need to control it, info here https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=187 



    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 13,743
    I agree.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,166
    Ficaria verna  :)


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 83,979
    Oh 'eck Nut, you're more up to date than I am

    "Ficaria verna, (formerly Ranunculus ficaria L.) commonly known as lesser celandine or pilewort..." Wiki

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,166
     :D 


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 8,050
    Thanks.  Are they both the same plant because the leaf is different.  The top one is more arrow shaped and variegated.  Just variants?
    Keeping it under control won't be a problem as they are in raised beds.  It's nice to see some colour at this time of year.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 83,979
    Both the same ... there is commonly some variation ... sometimes the petals are narrower too. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,391
    Mine have the heart shaped leaves but no variegation (the sun(!) is causing some shine from the leaves):

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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