On Thu, 03 Apr 2003 10:31:33 +0100, Philippe Gautier
wrote:

~Hi
~
~It's probably Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus Ficaria). see
~
~http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/rafi1.htm
~
~I know it can be pretty invasive, but personaly, I love them...
~
~Philippe

I agree from the description. They are definitely celandines. I would
love to get rid of all the ones lurking in my garden! Pretty in the
right places (verges, water meadows etc), but a pain in a flowerbed.
Unfortunately you only need knock off one tuber and the darn thing
comes back so they spread like crazy. I admit to using brush-on
glyphosate (Tumbleweed) on them these days (so I don't accidentally
kill anything else). I'm winning, gradually.

I keep meaning to get a weed identification webpage up and running.
I've certainly had a few odd ones...

jane

~GeoThermal wrote:
~ Hi
~ I am trying to identify a "weed" that grows in my garden.
~
~ It grows in clumps, up to about 8cm in height and gradually spreads
~ outwards. Leaves are kind of heart shaped when mature, about 2cm x 3cm and
~ a little bit like colt's foot leaves but with a smooth edge. It has a
~ yellow flower a not unlike ragwort but the petals have a rounded tip.
~ Imagine a buttercup flower but with twice as many long slender petals and a
~ bit bigger. It has an unusual root system which will probably help identify
~ it, most notable for clumps of little off white balls. There are dozens of
~ the things.
~
~ Anyway I'd like to know what it is and whether or not it needs removing.
~
~ Thanks
~
~
~

--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

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