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Lesser Celandine Plants

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Chipchopper | 08:17 Tue 14th Jan 2020 | Gardening
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A sea of gold, well that's my vision.
Anyone have any tips on getting these plants established in my wildlife garden ?

TIA.
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I love to see them in mine. They seem to like damp shade and my soil is quite heavy
09:05 Tue 14th Jan 2020
Dont! They are too invasive, seed everywhere and are impossible to get rid of.
Or just order half a dozen and give it about three years....
Also poisonous, i believe. If there's any chance you are going to have pet rabbits or Guinea pigs loose not a good idea
I love to see them in mine. They seem to like damp shade and my soil is quite heavy

I used to be a steward at a large estate where the gardens were opened for snowdrops each year. My area included a large display of celandines and I was told that many efforts had been made to establish the plants elsewhere but they always failed.
Probably more tolerable on a large estate.
I don't find them invasive at all and of course after the spring, they vanish....isn't it odd, no one calls snowdrops or English bluebells invasive.
I definitely find them invasive and would never plant them (mine were an unwelcome gift on a clump of something else from a neighbour!)
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Thanks all.
I'm looking for a carpet covering for a couple of weeks in early spring, in a moist wooded area with dappled shade, so this plant will fit the bill.
Wood anemones would be beautiful too and have prettier foliage
have both...also snowdrops, also wild cyclamen
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I did try some wood anemomes once but they just don't seem to like the soil, a little on the acidic side, I think.

A couple of years back I planted some cyclamen corms, only to find they had all been dug up by something the very next day.

I've since bought a lesser celandine plant (Brazen hussy), its leaves are a dark bronze colour, so I'll try to get a patch of these going, if I can. I bought the last one they had in the nursery.

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