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Which weed is this
A group from our association have made a lovely memorial garden at the
Woodside Animal Sanctuary www.theonly.net/woodside but this weed is starting to come through in different places http://tinyurl.com/2396p6 Can you tell me what it is and the best way to deal with it please? Got a feeling it's a nasty one. Have seen a yellow flower coming on one of the plants. Look forward(?) to your replies. -- Rowdens Reservoir Allotments Best Allotment Site in Plymouth Plymouth In Bloom Gold Award 2007 www.rraa.moonfruit.com |
Which weed is this
On 28 Jan, 13:20, "Robert \(Plymouth\)"
remove my other hobby to reply wrote: A group from our association have made a lovely memorial garden at the Woodside Animal Sanctuarywww.theonly.net/woodside*but this weed is starting to come through in different placeshttp://tinyurl.com/2396p6 Can you tell me what it is and the best way to deal with it please? Got a feeling it's a nasty one. Have seen a yellow flower coming on one of the plants. Look forward(?) to your replies. Looks like lesser celandine to me. |
Which weed is this
In message , "Robert (Plymouth)"
writes A group from our association have made a lovely memorial garden at the Woodside Animal Sanctuary www.theonly.net/woodside but this weed is starting to come through in different places http://tinyurl.com/2396p6 Can you tell me what it is and the best way to deal with it please? Got a feeling it's a nasty one. Have seen a yellow flower coming on one of the plants. Look forward(?) to your replies. Lesser Celandine, Ranunculus ficaria. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
Which weed is this
On Jan 28, 1:20 pm, "Robert \(Plymouth\)"
remove my other hobby to reply wrote: A group from our association have made a lovely memorial garden at the Woodside Animal Sanctuarywww.theonly.net/woodside but this weed is starting to come through in different placeshttp://tinyurl.com/2396p6 Can you tell me what it is and the best way to deal with it please? Got a feeling it's a nasty one. Have seen a yellow flower coming on one of the plants. Look forward(?) to your replies. -- Rowdens Reservoir Allotments Best Allotment Site in Plymouth Plymouth In Bloom Gold Award 2007www.rraa.moonfruit.com Everyone guessed it as lesser celandine which looks right. It is not really that nasty; it spreads around slowly but you can get it out by just pulling it out as you see it. It actually dies down in early Summer and so you only really see it in Spring so it does not look so bad for most of the year. I like it as a plant as it is a good harbinger (posh word of the day) of better weather to come. Des |
Which weed is this
On Jan 28, 1:20 pm, "Robert \(Plymouth\)"
remove my other hobby to reply wrote: A group from our association have made a lovely memorial garden at the Woodside Animal Sanctuarywww.theonly.net/woodside but this weed is starting to come through in different placeshttp://tinyurl.com/2396p6 Can you tell me what it is and the best way to deal with it please? Got a feeling it's a nasty one. Have seen a yellow flower coming on one of the plants. Look forward(?) to your replies. -- Rowdens Reservoir Allotments Best Allotment Site in Plymouth Plymouth In Bloom Gold Award 2007www.rraa.moonfruit.com p.s. sorry for all the posts, I meant to add, it likes shade and if you were to pretend that you had a woodland garden, it would not look out of place with anemones and primroses and spring woodland plants. |
Which weed is this
On 28 Jan, 14:00, Des Higgins wrote:
Everyone guessed it as lesser celandine which looks right. *It is not really that nasty; it spreads around slowly but you can get it out by just pulling it out as you see it. *It actually dies down in early Summer and so you only really see it in Spring so it does not look so bad for most of the year. *I like it as a plant as it is a good harbinger (posh word of the day) of better weather to come. Since it's growing profusely at Robert's Animal Sanctuary, I'm wondering if the animals could eat it. The leaves are eaten like spinash afterall. Harbinger ... impressive. |
Which weed is this
On Jan 28, 2:11 pm, wrote:
On 28 Jan, 14:00, Des Higgins wrote: Everyone guessed it as lesser celandine which looks right. It is not really that nasty; it spreads around slowly but you can get it out by just pulling it out as you see it. It actually dies down in early Summer and so you only really see it in Spring so it does not look so bad for most of the year. I like it as a plant as it is a good harbinger (posh word of the day) of better weather to come. Since it's growing profusely at Robert's Animal Sanctuary, I'm wondering if the animals could eat it. The leaves are eaten like spinash afterall. Aaaargh; be careful. http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants....nculus+ficaria says: Lesser celandine has been used for thousands of years in the treatment of haemorrhoids and ulcers[254]. It is not recommended for internal use because it contains several toxic components[254] Harbinger ... impressive. Good word that. |
Which weed is this
On 28 Jan, 15:05, Des Higgins wrote:
Aaaargh; be careful.http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants....nculus+ficaria says: Lesser celandine has been used for thousands of years in the treatment of haemorrhoids and ulcers[254]. It is not recommended for internal use because it contains several toxic components[254] And it also says ... Young leaves in spring - raw or cooked as a potherb[2, 74, 105, 183]. The first leaves in spring make an excellent salad[9]. The leaves, stalks and buds can be used like spinach[9], whilst the blanched stems are also eaten[46, 183]. The leaves turn poisonous as the fruit matures[74]. Caution is advised regarding the use of this plant for food, see the notes above on toxicity. Bulbils - cooked and used as a vegetable[9, 105]. The bulbils are formed at the leaf axils and also at the roots[9, 183]. Caution is advised, see the notes above on toxicity. The flower buds make a good substitute for capers. So to recap, Robert needs to explain to the animals to eat the leaves before the fruit matures. I'm confused Des ... Says we can eat raw or cooked young leaves but then 'caution is advised regarding the use of this plant as food'. Also I'm not sure if animals get haemorrhoids. Good word that. You're a romantic, that's why. |
Which weed is this
"Robert (Plymouth)" remove my other hobby to reply wrote in message ... A group from our association have made a lovely memorial garden at the Woodside Animal Sanctuary www.theonly.net/woodside but this weed is starting to come through in different places http://tinyurl.com/2396p6 Can you tell me what it is and the best way to deal with it please? Got a feeling it's a nasty one. Have seen a yellow flower coming on one of the plants. Look forward(?) to your replies. -- Rowdens Reservoir Allotments Best Allotment Site in Plymouth Plymouth In Bloom Gold Award 2007 www.rraa.moonfruit.com Lesser celandine. I wish it would grow in my garden! Mary |
Which weed is this
On 28 Jan, 15:21, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
Lesser celandine. I wish it would grow in my garden! Well, I've got some in an old metal bucket. It grows with some beautiful moss. You can contain it, which is weird really as it's so wild and impredictable. I must have scooped it when I filled the bucket with some soil from a damp woodland - I was at the time trying to grow a beech tree from seeds and thought I'd take a bit of 'home' with them to settle. The tree is now about 1in, but leaning as they do, and about 10 years. |
Which weed is this
"Steve Wolstenholme" wrote in message ... As others have already said it's celandine. Every year it comes up and covers all the ground below one of my trees where nothing else grows. It usually comes up about now and stays for a few months. I quite like it. Steve I have loads of it and I love it, you don't need to do anything to it as it just vanishes when it has finished flowering. I don't think horses will eat it, my old pony often picks at plants in the garden and I have never seen her touch it. kate |
Which weed is this
That's great news, I know that plant but have never seen it poking through
in an ornamental garden. Mind you we don't know what was there before ... lesser celandine by the looks of it! -- Rowdens Reservoir Allotments Best Allotment Site in Plymouth Plymouth In Bloom Gold Award 2007 www.rraa.moonfruit.com |
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On 28 Jan, 15:05, Des Higgins wrote: Aaaargh; be careful.http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants....nculus+ficaria says: Lesser celandine has been used for thousands of years in the treatment of haemorrhoids and ulcers[254]. It is not recommended for internal use because it contains several toxic components[254] And it also says ... Young leaves in spring - raw or cooked as a potherb[2, 74, 105, 183]. The first leaves in spring make an excellent salad[9]. The leaves, stalks and buds can be used like spinach[9], whilst the blanched stems are also eaten[46, 183]. The leaves turn poisonous as the fruit matures[74]. Caution is advised regarding the use of this plant for food, see the notes above on toxicity. Bulbils - cooked and used as a vegetable[9, 105]. The bulbils are formed at the leaf axils and also at the roots[9, 183]. Caution is advised, see the notes above on toxicity. The flower buds make a good substitute for capers. So to recap, Robert needs to explain to the animals to eat the leaves before the fruit matures. I'm confused Des ... Says we can eat raw or cooked young leaves but then 'caution is advised regarding the use of this plant as food'. Also I'm not sure if animals get haemorrhoids. As it's Ranunculaceae, I'd avoid it. Can't think offhand of any of that family which are edible, but may need to think a bit deeper. -- Jeff (cut "thetape" to reply) |
Which weed is this
In article , "Jeff Layman" writes: | | As it's Ranunculaceae, I'd avoid it. Can't think offhand of any of that | family which are edible, but may need to think a bit deeper. Black cumin - Nigella sativa. But I rather agree with you. See also: http://www.jstor.org/view/00068071/di006549/00p0763r/0 Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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