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wrote in message ... Bill Grey wrote: Why not Google the suggestions given by the posters to this group. That will give you the answer. I did, and have posted that I did, and have thanked those concerned for their suggestions. Glad you got a result. Where I walk my dog each day, theyre are loads of these flowers out now, also Wood Anemones. The wild garlic is getting on fine as well. Bill |
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On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:48:31 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote: "Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message ... In message , Martin writes On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:26:20 +0100, "Christina Websell" wrote: "sutartsorric" wrote in message ... On 12 Apr, 20:21, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message ... 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. -- 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 |
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In message , Pam Moore
writes On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:48:31 +0100, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message ... In message , Martin writes On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:26:20 +0100, "Christina Websell" wrote: "sutartsorric" wrote in message ... On 12 Apr, 20:21, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message ... 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. -- 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 |
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"Pam Moore" wrote in message Make sure you get up all the little bulbils or whatever they are. That is how they spread around. Greater Celandine does not seem to have bulbils - they seem to spread by seed. This weekend I'll have to send all but one to the great compost heap in the sky. And yes, I know by keeping one it will all happen again but they are not an unattractive wild plant so I will keep just the one and not let it get out of control (she says, ambitiously..) Tina |
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On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:11:24 +0100, Stewart Robert Hinsley
wrote: 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 Tina's original post said that she has "Bulbous bits on the roots". That is my recollection of dealing with greater celandine. These little white bits break off and unless you get rid of them they will grow next year. These flowers are a beautiful sight in sunshine at the moment, so perhaps all those of us with enough space can let a few have a place. They ARE poisonous, btw. Pam in Bristol |
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Janet Baraclough wrote:
Tina's original post said that she has "Bulbous bits on the roots". Nope. The OP, , said their plant had bulbous bits; and it was correctly identified as lesser celandine. I do answer to just 'vicky', if that's easier. ;-) |
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On 13 apr, 21:29, "Christina Websell"
wrote: "Martin" wrote in message ... On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:05:34 +0100, Pam Moore wrote: On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:48:31 +0100, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message ... In message , Martin writes On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:26:20 +0100, "Christina Websell" wrote: "sutartsorric" wrote in message ... On 12 Apr, 20:21, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message ... 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. -- 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 bulbils it is. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandsty...pping.gardens1 "Q Hi Dan, how can I get rid of masses of lesser celandines that are infesting many areas of my garden in between plants? Is hand weeding the only way? Colin Dixon, Dorset A Hand weeding is an option, but celandines leave behind tiny bulbils and they seed like stink in heavy ground. However, celandines are up early in the season, and go into dormancy early, so I tend to leave them where perennials are man enough to cope, as they do little harm in the long run. Smaller plants and alpines will get overwhelmed, however, so where this is a problem I suggest you dig out your treasures in early spring, clean the roots thoroughly and hold in clean ground. Spray the offending bed with Roundup (glyphosate). This is the safest of the weed killers as it is deactivated once it touches bare soil. You may need to do this twice to get any seedlings, but the best path is always the one of least resistance and I urge you to see them for what they are - harbingers of spring." Let's run this past you all again. GREATER CELANDINE is what I have. Lesser Celandine is a completely different plant and they are not related..http://search.orange.co.uk/all?q=les...=ouk&tab=pictu... andhttp://search.orange.co.uk/mediaredirect?sv=pictures&src=google_image... of *Greater Celandine ,&picname=Invasive Species Weblog&picweight=101kb&fullsize=http://www.knottybits.com/isw/GreaterCelandineForBlog.jpg&pagefrom=ht... *- invasive species weblog&pge=1&pos=8&size=&imtype=- Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht niet weergeven - - Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht weergeven - This thread raises an interesting weed-identification issue: most gardeners want to be able to identify weeds as early as possible in their development, which normally means BEFORE flowers have formed. However, most systems (books and websites) rely on flowers for identification. That is why I have an old Min. of Ag. pamphlet for farmers to identify weeds very early in their fields (cotyledon sketches). I can also recommend the Roger Philips "Weeds" book, which I found secondhand. Any other hints ? PS. This morning I took a digi-photo of what I now know to be Greater chelidonium, meaning to try and identify it on the Internet. This Forum really does work ! ! |
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"Rob" wrote in message ... snip This thread raises an interesting weed-identification issue: most gardeners want to be able to identify weeds as early as possible in their development, which normally means BEFORE flowers have formed. However, most systems (books and websites) rely on flowers for identification. /snip One of my best wild flower books is "the Wild Flower Key" by Francis Rose (Frederick Warne 1981) which features a useful vegetative key to identify plants not in flower. An updated edition is still in print (try Amazon). R. |
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In message
, Rob writes On 13 apr, 21:29, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Martin" wrote in message ... On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:05:34 +0100, Pam Moore wrote: On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:48:31 +0100, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message ... In message , Martin writes On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:26:20 +0100, "Christina Websell" wrote: "sutartsorric" wrote in message ... On 12 Apr, 20:21, "Christina Websell" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message ... 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. -- 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 bulbils it is. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandsty...pping.gardens1 "Q Hi Dan, how can I get rid of masses of lesser celandines that are infesting many areas of my garden in between plants? Is hand weeding the only way? Colin Dixon, Dorset A Hand weeding is an option, but celandines leave behind tiny bulbils and they seed like stink in heavy ground. However, celandines are up early in the season, and go into dormancy early, so I tend to leave them where perennials are man enough to cope, as they do little harm in the long run. Smaller plants and alpines will get overwhelmed, however, so where this is a problem I suggest you dig out your treasures in early spring, clean the roots thoroughly and hold in clean ground. Spray the offending bed with Roundup (glyphosate). This is the safest of the weed killers as it is deactivated once it touches bare soil. You may need to do this twice to get any seedlings, but the best path is always the one of least resistance and I urge you to see them for what they are - harbingers of spring." Let's run this past you all again. GREATER CELANDINE is what I have. Lesser Celandine is a completely different plant and they are not related.http://search.orange.co.uk/all?q=les...&brand=ouk&tab =pictu... andhttp://search.orange.co.uk/mediaredirect?sv=pictures&src=google_image... of *Greater Celandine ,&picname=Invasive Species Weblog&picweight=101kb&fullsize=http://www.knottybits.com/isw/GreaterCe landineForBlog.jpg&pagefrom=ht... *- invasive species weblog&pge=1&pos=8&size=&imtype=- Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht niet weergeven - - Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht weergeven - This thread raises an interesting weed-identification issue: most gardeners want to be able to identify weeds as early as possible in their development, which normally means BEFORE flowers have formed. However, most systems (books and websites) rely on flowers for identification. That is why I have an old Min. of Ag. pamphlet for farmers to identify weeds very early in their fields (cotyledon sketches). I can also recommend the Roger Philips "Weeds" book, which I found secondhand. Any other hints ? I've been training myself up on the local flora, and I've now got to the point that I can recognise a fair number of plants from the habit and foliage, including both celandines. However if you don't want to take a couple of years, there is a recently published Vegetative Key to the British Flora. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vegetative-K.../dp/0956014402 I don't know from personal experience whether it's any good, but it's getting positive results. [While looking for this on the web, I found a thread on the 3rd edition of Stace's New Flora of the British Isles - in addition to sinking Lavatera into Malva, which I knew was coming from the grapevine, apparently the name Ficaria verna has been adopted for lesser celandine. I hadn't previously encountered any reason for chopping up the buttercups, but now I find a paper having the celandines less closely related to the buttercups and crowfoots than is mousetail (Myosurus).] PS. This morning I took a digi-photo of what I now know to be Greater chelidonium, meaning to try and identify it on the Internet. This Forum really does work ! ! -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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Martin wrote:
I do answer to just 'vicky', if that's easier. ;-) Is that the Vicky with the dinky byte marks ) Damned mosquitos! |
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In message , Martin
writes On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:46:11 -0700 (PDT), Rob wrote: This thread raises an interesting weed-identification issue: most gardeners want to be able to identify weeds as early as possible in their development, which normally means BEFORE flowers have formed. However, most systems (books and websites) rely on flowers for identification. That is why I have an old Min. of Ag. pamphlet for farmers to identify weeds very early in their fields (cotyledon sketches). I can also recommend the Roger Philips "Weeds" book, which I found secondhand. Any other hints ? I found this http://weedid.aces.uiuc.edu/ Indiana (University of Indiana at Urbana-Champaign) has a different flora from Britain. Of there 172 weeds, perhaps 30 can be found here, and a fair number of them are under different names. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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In article ,
Ragnar wrote: "Rob" wrote in message ... This thread raises an interesting weed-identification issue: most gardeners want to be able to identify weeds as early as possible in their development, which normally means BEFORE flowers have formed. However, most systems (books and websites) rely on flowers for identification. One of my best wild flower books is "the Wild Flower Key" by Francis Rose (Frederick Warne 1981) which features a useful vegetative key to identify plants not in flower. An updated edition is still in print (try Amazon). Back in the days before punched cards were associated with International Business Machines, Incorporated, they were used for that purpose. You had some special ones, pushed knitting needles through, and picked out the cards that matched. Some 25 years back, I was slightly involved with an attempt to revive Rothamsted's then 25-year old diagnostic key program (Genkey). It wasn't the fact that it had been converted to Fortran 66 and its style showed its earlier ancestry that was the problem, but the fact that its interface was SO very 1950s! It would be trivial to write a fairly decent search program, given availability of suitable data. It would also be trivial to turn the very hierarchical classifications in various books into a suitable form for searching by any combination of keys. And even to have the program prompt with other keys to look for to disambiguate the plant in hand. But the problem is getting the data in an accessible form :-( Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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