I have the double variety and that seems to be sterile so doesnt self seed although I need to be careful not to spread the mini tubers about. I do like it as the flowers are a lovely rich yellow in the spring . I noticed yesterday they have started to grow with a show of new shiny leaves, the seasons are haywire to a degree, in the next bed my dahlias are still flowering beautifully.
That orange one still looks yellow to me! I liked the ordinary wild type when I had it in a wild part of a previous garden, I just ripped it out when it threatened to take over. In paving or borders I would agree that glyphosate is the only real solution.
Incidently, this used to be Ranunculus but is one of the many plants that have been subject to a name change. Confusing!
It normally appears in the Spring so good for the early varieties of bumble bees. Not sure why vegman's ones are flowering now but reading the forum shows lots of things are a bit "confused" this year including some of my blueberries which started flowering a few weeks ago. The recent frost here has put a stop to that though and there are still lots of nice fat flowering buds ready for the "proper" flowering period next Spring.
I have a few lesser celendine in established borders which only need mulching and they're fine there. You do not want these in a veg plot or anywhere else that gets regularly cultivated though as that will cause them to spread uncontrollably.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
That depends on how much salt you put on. A tiny amound on the leaf of the unwanted planyed would do little harm. Half a packet on the soil would leave it sterile for a long time.
Well, what can I say? Thank you, thank you for so many replies. I think Berghill has it, Celestine, Ranunculus ficaria. Yes the flowers were an orangie-yellow in colour when they flowered during summer. I am thinking of hiring a skip and digging the whole border out and to keep spraying the trench this will leave with a glyphosphate weedkiller, continuously until it stays clear. I am also thiking of sprinkling salt between my paving slabs and paving bricks on my front driveway. I`m not in a rush to have a lovely front garden and drive, I just want it to be weed (nuisance) free.
I`m also still willing to listen to further advice on my proposed action.
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I have the double variety and that seems to be sterile so doesnt self seed although I need to be careful not to spread the mini tubers about. I do like it as the flowers are a lovely rich yellow in the spring . I noticed yesterday they have started to grow with a show of new shiny leaves, the seasons are haywire to a degree, in the next bed my dahlias are still flowering beautifully.
That orange one still looks yellow to me! I liked the ordinary wild type when I had it in a wild part of a previous garden, I just ripped it out when it threatened to take over. In paving or borders I would agree that glyphosate is the only real solution.
Incidently, this used to be Ranunculus but is one of the many plants that have been subject to a name change. Confusing!
the name changes are just to stop us getting complacent.
I'd missed the change from Ranunculus
In the sticks near Peterborough
I had missed it changing to Ficaria verna too.
More label writing!
I think it a pretty little flower, do the bees, butterfly or other insects visit the plant ?
if so' in my opinion it is worth keeping !
It's not a problem plant for me but if I was growing alpines and other tinies I would view it differently
In the sticks near Peterborough
It normally appears in the Spring so good for the early varieties of bumble bees. Not sure why vegman's ones are flowering now but reading the forum shows lots of things are a bit "confused" this year including some of my blueberries which started flowering a few weeks ago. The recent frost here has put a stop to that though and there are still lots of nice fat flowering buds ready for the "proper" flowering period next Spring.
I have a few lesser celendine in established borders which only need mulching and they're fine there. You do not want these in a veg plot or anywhere else that gets regularly cultivated though as that will cause them to spread uncontrollably.
That depends on how much salt you put on. A tiny amound on the leaf of the unwanted planyed would do little harm. Half a packet on the soil would leave it sterile for a long time.
Well, what can I say? Thank you, thank you for so many replies. I think Berghill has it, Celestine, Ranunculus ficaria. Yes the flowers were an orangie-yellow in colour when they flowered during summer. I am thinking of hiring a skip and digging the whole border out and to keep spraying the trench this will leave with a glyphosphate weedkiller, continuously until it stays clear. I am also thiking of sprinkling salt between my paving slabs and paving bricks on my front driveway. I`m not in a rush to have a lovely front garden and drive, I just want it to be weed (nuisance) free.
I`m also still willing to listen to further advice on my proposed action.
Don't spray a trench vegman, glyphosate only works on green things
I think the wholesale soil removal would be a waste of time, effort and money. There would always be a few of the little b......s left behind.
In the sticks near Peterborough