In message , Pam Moore
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On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:48:31 +0100, "Christina Websell"
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"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message
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In message , Martin
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On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:26:20 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"sutartsorric" wrote in message
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On 12 Apr, 20:21, "Christina Websell"
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"Sacha" wrote in message

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On 2010-04-11 15:39:20 +0100, said:

Sacha wrote:
Can anyone point me at what it is, please?
Celandine?

Hmm, I was about to say no after a google, where the flowers look
right
but
the leaves don't, but this one has the right leaves:



http://pinguicula.typepad.com/photos.../04/02/0204200...

But

this, which claims to be the same thing (unless what I have seen is
a
younger version?) looks totally different:

http://www.botanical.com/botanical/m...celles44-l.jpg

Anyhow. Yes, I think you're right, thankyou.

There's Lesser and Greater Celandine, IIRC, so maybe that makes a
difference.
--

I once saw a Greater Celandine plant away in the countryside and
introduced
it to my own garden as I like a wild look.
Big mistake, can't seem to get rid of it now. It's everywhere.
Ah, well, we live and learn.
Seemed like a good idea at the time.
Tina

You are not alone, I did the same thing with a Greater Willowherb with
similar results as it spreads under the soil and now appears
everywhere.

Ah, but your willowherb will attract hawk moths to breed on it so keep
it.
My greater celandine is useless. Unless someone comes along and says
"this
is an important plant for this sort of butterfly or moth" I'm afraid I
will
pull up every plant I have - the fecking thing is everywhere now.

You can make soup with it?
http://www.eatweeds.co.uk/lesser-celandine-recipe

NOTE THE COMMENT
"It should be stressed that Lesser Celandine becomes poisonous as it
matures, so
do not pick it once it starts to flower. Only ever use young leaves."

Note that Christina says that she's growing *greater*, not lesser
celandine. Given that greater celandine is in the poppy family I would
expect that it is poisonous.
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And it is. They will have to be pulled up, all of them. Seems a shame, but
I only had one and now there are hundreds of the little blighters
everywhere, I don't think they are of any wildlife use so it's the compost
heap. I do hate doing this but I just have to gird my loins ;-)
Remind me not to introduce a wild plant I saw and thought looked nice into
my garden again.
Tina

Make sure you get up all the little bulbils or whatever they are. That
is how they spread around.

Pam in Bristol

Is this another confusion of the two celandines? I thought it was the
lesser celandine (only) that produced bulbils.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley