And for those trying to propagate Geums, they do not produce runners, but at the base of each set of leaves they produce new roots. They are fairly easy to pull apart and replant.
Some of the smaller species have a rhizome like rootstock which can be taken as a cutting and rooted in the normal way for any cuttings.
Oops! I thought the photos were geum and that the leaves looked like some of my geum. In this photo taken today the yellow buds in the foreground are geum Prinses Julianne (never sure of the correct spelling). The buds come up yellow and then turn startling orange as the flower opens. It opens very near the colour of the young orange wallflower in the photo immediately behind the yellow geum buds. I would never have guessed that one of the photos was a buttercup. Nature is amazing with all the similarities of many species etc.
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But whatever you do don't plant it in your garden .... They are a menace in mine
Thanks Victoria Sponge. Every cloud... I can at least be confident in my ability to grow very strong weeds! Look at the roots on the bad-boy!?
Thanks Fairygirl. Happy childhood memories of sticking them under the chin to see if you liked butter... or was that just where I went to school?!
Thanks ever so much for your help all. This forum is fabulous - even at delivering bad news!!
That picture speaks volumes!
Mercilessly tossed on the ground
Tootles, I will say that's the healthiest looking buttercup I've seen in a long time -
If anyone says anything, just tell them you're planning a Buttercup Meadow
Very good for wildlife
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Loved the buttercup test tootles, and yes, I did the same nurturing 'non-echinacea' over winter!
And for those trying to propagate Geums, they do not produce runners, but at the base of each set of leaves they produce new roots. They are fairly easy to pull apart and replant.
Some of the smaller species have a rhizome like rootstock which can be taken as a cutting and rooted in the normal way for any cuttings.
I have over 30 of them now.
Tootles - you could always sell them as 'Native Wildlife Plants' at the plant sale!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Oops! I thought the photos were geum and that the leaves looked like some of my geum. In this photo taken today the yellow buds in the foreground are geum Prinses Julianne (never sure of the correct spelling). The buds come up yellow and then turn startling orange as the flower opens. It opens very near the colour of the young orange wallflower in the photo immediately behind the yellow geum buds. I would never have guessed that one of the photos was a buttercup. Nature is amazing with all the similarities of many species etc.
It's noticing the detaisl that enables us to see the differences - and that only comes with time
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.