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Marigold invasion

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  • Just Googled Marsh Marigold and the pictures of the flowers and leaves is the same
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    How big is it? 


    In the sticks near Peterborough
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    edited March 2019
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    nutcutlet said:
    Are you sure of your ID? Have a look at Lesser Celandine
    That’s my thought too ... never heard of invasive Marsh Marigolds in borders and lawns and it seems way too early for it to be in flower, whereas Lesser Celandine is well known for spreading over beds and lawns  ... it’s also well known for being one of the first wild flowers of spring. 

    http://wildflowerfinder.org.uk/Flowers/C/Celandine(Lesser)/Celandine(Lesser).htm


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    so we have marsh marigolds, calendula and celandine in the mix?
    Methinks clarification is required.
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    A decent pic would be helpful ...

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'd find it hard to believe it's march marigold, unles the entire garden is boggy. We had huge amounts of it at a previous house, where there was lots of boggy ground and ponds. Even then, I couldn't have described it as invasive. The clumps were well behaved and we could have dug them out anywhere we didn't want them. We didn't as it was one of the few things rabbits didn't eat.
    Far more likely to be celandine, which is all over the verges and hedgerows just now, coming into flower.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I think its celendine as well,  I’ve tried to get rid of some of it in the borders, as I plant something I take out as many little bulbs as I can get.  Better now and i just leave a few, ones on the grass are no problem, they’ll soon die down you can just mow over them.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,054
    Lyn said:
    I’ve tried to get rid of some of it in the borders

    Hey, I'm planting it, at least in some of the damp woody bits. And we put it in beds in our previous place (heavy clay) and it was fine - it does its thing and then dies down. Looking for 'Brazen Hussy' at the moment.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Love ‘Brazen Hussey’ ❤️. We’ve got a little clump we’re trying to get to establish behind the pond. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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