If you like it, have a look at some of the other Euphorbia varieties which can give a welcome display of lime green flowers in Spring, without being invasive.
This extract from the Wildlife Trusts makes interesting reading @ViewAhead:
Petty spurge is a common plant of cultivated ground, such as gardens, fields and waste ground, and is sometimes considered a weed. Its unusual flowers appear between April and October and, when ripe, its seeds are dispersed in an explosive way. These seeds are very persistent and ones as old as 50, or even 100, years have reportedly germinated.
If you like it, have a look at some of the other Euphorbia varieties which can give a welcome display of lime green flowers in Spring, without being invasive.
Do not listen to @Plantminded. Next thing you know you'll be all over the interwebs buying things.
My seeds arrived @Plantminded. Erigeron, anemones, silene, aquillegia... I could go on... 😳
... These seeds are very persistent and ones as old as 50, or even 100, years have reportedly germinated.
Now I know why I keep finding them!🤨
Crikey! That is impressive dormancy! Mind, they better make the most of it while I am in charge (or so I like to kid myself ) as a hundred yrs from now I imagine the concrete creep happening round these parts will have wiped out its opportunities.
If you like it, have a look at some of the other Euphorbia varieties which can give a welcome display of lime green flowers in Spring, without being invasive.
Do not listen to @Plantminded. Next thing you know you'll be all over the interwebs buying things.
I am prone to virtual temptation. Have had some fab plants from ebay ... and the occasional duff, but the odd disappointment is worth it in exchange for the sheer range available.
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Petty spurge is a common plant of cultivated ground, such as gardens, fields and waste ground, and is sometimes considered a weed. Its unusual flowers appear between April and October and, when ripe, its seeds are dispersed in an explosive way. These seeds are very persistent and ones as old as 50, or even 100, years have reportedly germinated.
Now I know why I keep finding them!🤨
My seeds arrived @Plantminded. Erigeron, anemones, silene, aquillegia... I could go on... 😳
I can't wait!
I am prone to virtual temptation.