Waco,we have the Greater Celandine wich is nice with yellow flowers,but the sap is orange and we found out later it can burn the skin.Even though we keep removing it,it self seeds and is now getting harder to iradicate.The one you have is nice,we loved those ones...
I was once given a black one, but it didn't like me. I have very sensitive skin, so am always careful with plants, didn't know celandine was that bad though!
I have a 'brazen hussy' - which I bought for the name alone! However, it shines year after year - with beautiful dark leaves and the brightest flowers. It is not a spreader - and just forms a lovely clump beside my pond. Love it! Infact I do like celendine, as they are one of the first flowers of spring, so very welcome...but then, I don't have them spreading all over my garden!
I also have masses of Celandine and have given up trying to eradicate them. They do die down by the end of May so they're only a problem early in the season and they do look very sunny in flower.
I love them, always cheerful and look very prett withthe snowdrops. As Blackthorn says, even the leaves disappear later on, so I don't mind if they spread.
We had all sorts of different colours and forms, but they have gradually disappeared. The wild form is lovely and when it seeds where I do not want it, I spray a little weedkiller on it and away it goes.
I CAN'T STAND THE BLIGHTERS. They're yellow. Now if they were purple, pink or blue. But i hate Yellow. I can't get rid of them, but they're only in small clumps now. Another pet hate of mine is Winter Aconite. They were a big problem for me once, but they don't like the soil now.
Winter aconites love me, but I love them too (in moderation) As to the different coloured celendine, my fear is that if I get an attractive cololured one it will soon revert to the wild form - have this same fear about people who put the varigated form of ground elder all over their gardens....AAahahh NIGHTMARE THOUGHT!
The different coloured celandines do not themselves revert, but if they set seed then you do get an almighty mishmash of colours all over the place.
so the effect as I suspected then. I have a load of lysimachia (a purple leaved one) comming out all over the place, and it just looks like a load of purple leaved celendine at the moment. don't think I can cope with promiscuous seeds - got enough problems with Aquilegia!
Aquilegia...i was gonna put a fresh post up about a free packet of seeds i got.Is it mandatory to put seeds in the fridge for 3 weeks?Seems like a bit of a chew. :rolleyes:They look gorgeous on the packet and i like the thought of them growing and spreading in my postage stamp front garden but putting soil in my fridge just goes against the grain.Do you think they`d come if i put them in draughty, unheated gh?
We have just purchased a double form of celandine this afternoon.None of the pots had labels in them,so I told Mr K not to let it run wild.It has lovely arrow head shaped leaves though.I told him to stick it in one of those net basket things before it goes in the ground.I am not sure whether it will still try to spread everywhere,we shall have to wait and see :rolleyes:
Originally posted by elainfiz elainefiz, the seeds probably need to be chilled to break the dormancy, this normally occurs during winter but I think a lot of things haven't been cold enough this year. I normally get hundreds of aquilegia seedlings, like Waco, so it would be interesting to see if there are less this year. Put the seed tray into a polythene bag if you are putting it into the fridge, protects it from spillages etc.
