I will try to take a photo today, although the celandine have not yet come into flower.
I will also get some Roundup Gel for things that are too close to other plants to spray. But I think it was mentioned in this thread by Mowtastic that Round up doesn't kill off the bulbils that form next year's plants.
I don't mind celandine if it's in the right place, and not dominating other things. That's probably partly the definition of a weed....a successful, self-seeded plant in the wrong place.
I'm surprised to hear celandine has not come into flower yet. All those I'm aware of have been and gone and well on the way to disappearing for the rest of the year
Nutcutlet, I think it might depend on what part of the country you are in. I am in the Midlands and it has been quite cold and dry. Perhaps this has had an effect. I have seen two or 3 flowers
Having a similar problem I would suggest cutting out the turf arond the hedge by a foot or so this will benefit the hedge, and should remove the celandine In this area. you can remove any left over by hand. Then get a weed killer in a spray bottle with a funnel over the novel and spray the celendine SBK won't kill the grass - 10 litre type sprayer should come with the funne. You can spray just the weeds without the spray drifting into the hedge especially if it's not windy. nightmare stuff to get rid of.
We had an earlier post regarding celandines. I am in the North West and mine have been and gone (flowers that is), maybe the box hedge cuts out the sunlight getting to curlydog's celandines.
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I might be about to show my ignorance here, but are you absolutely certain that the majority of that growth is celandine Curly Dog?
The vast majority of the celandine in my garden has smooth edged leaves. Your picture is quite hard to enlarge and retain good resolution but (on my screen at least) a lot of the leaves look notched and not like 'my' celandine. I think I can make out some celandine - but I'm not sure that all of it is.
I think I would give a couple of square metres a really good soaking and get in there with a hand fork so you can really look at what's there. The celandine in my garden (Suffolk) has finished flowering and is starting to fade away now.
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It's some of the much smaller leaves I was looking at LB - but as I said the image resolution is not good enough to allow for much magnification. I am also probably completely wrong
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I see what you mean T'Bird. I've had a closer look and the leaves you describe could well be wild violets which are pretty promiscuous. I let mine just seed where they like puliing out any in the spaces I want to use.
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There is indeed a mixture of things in here. Geranium, bluebells, and primroses, are all fine. Unwanted are dandelions, ivy-leafed speedwell and the dreaded lesser celandine and couch grass and also possibly the odd ash seedling.
I was digging for two hours last night on the patch next to this and barely covered a sq ft. There is some in flower in the next bed so when I go out there tomorrow I will take some more photos for clarification. It is definitely celandine with its wee bulbils. No idea why it's so late flowering tho.
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I will try to take a photo today, although the celandine have not yet come into flower.
I will also get some Roundup Gel for things that are too close to other plants to spray. But I think it was mentioned in this thread by Mowtastic that Round up doesn't kill off the bulbils that form next year's plants.
I don't mind celandine if it's in the right place, and not dominating other things. That's probably partly the definition of a weed....a successful, self-seeded plant in the wrong place.
I'm surprised to hear celandine has not come into flower yet. All those I'm aware of have been and gone and well on the way to disappearing for the rest of the year
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Nutcutlet, I think it might depend on what part of the country you are in. I am in the Midlands and it has been quite cold and dry. Perhaps this has had an effect. I have seen two or 3 flowers
Here is a pic.
Having a similar problem I would suggest cutting out the turf arond the hedge by a foot or so this will benefit the hedge, and should remove the celandine In this area. you can remove any left over by hand. Then get a weed killer in a spray bottle with a funnel over the novel and spray the celendine SBK won't kill the grass - 10 litre type sprayer should come with the funne. You can spray just the weeds without the spray drifting into the hedge especially if it's not windy. nightmare stuff to get rid of.
We had an earlier post regarding celandines. I am in the North West and mine have been and gone (flowers that is), maybe the box hedge cuts out the sunlight getting to curlydog's celandines.
I might be about to show my ignorance here, but are you absolutely certain that the majority of that growth is celandine Curly Dog?
The vast majority of the celandine in my garden has smooth edged leaves. Your picture is quite hard to enlarge and retain good resolution but (on my screen at least) a lot of the leaves look notched and not like 'my' celandine. I think I can make out some celandine - but I'm not sure that all of it is.
I think I would give a couple of square metres a really good soaking and get in there with a hand fork so you can really look at what's there. The celandine in my garden (Suffolk) has finished flowering and is starting to fade away now.
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There are clumps of hardy geranium in there T'Bird as well as the bluebells.
It's some of the much smaller leaves I was looking at LB - but as I said the image resolution is not good enough to allow for much magnification. I am also probably completely wrong
I see what you mean T'Bird. I've had a closer look and the leaves you describe could well be wild violets which are pretty promiscuous. I let mine just seed where they like puliing out any in the spaces I want to use.
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There is indeed a mixture of things in here. Geranium, bluebells, and primroses, are all fine. Unwanted are dandelions, ivy-leafed speedwell and the dreaded lesser celandine and couch grass and also possibly the odd ash seedling.
I was digging for two hours last night on the patch next to this and barely covered a sq ft. There is some in flower in the next bed so when I go out there tomorrow I will take some more photos for clarification. It is definitely celandine with its wee bulbils. No idea why it's so late flowering tho.
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