Lesser Celandine Questions
bob64
16 years ago
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Comments (3)The small tubers/bulbettes of this very invasive plant are easily spread by rototilling, digging, transplanting and even dividing other plants where the tubers are growing side by side. March is the time to attack--I've been trying to control this plant on two separate properties (mine) over 15 years. It can be greatly reduced and in some cases eliminated through persisitance. I carefully hand pull the enemy from my garden beds. I will admit to doing little with it in the lawn--if you could call my spring melange of ajuga, lesser celandine, naturalized bulbs a lawn. Lesser celandine is emphemeral and disappears in the heat at the end of May, so if you are going to continue to try and eradicate it, you have to mark where it is now......See MoreLesser Celandine
Comments (3)And as to herbicides, that's not a completely horrible option. The celandine stays green well after other things have gone dormant, so you can spot it and not wipe out neighboring plants. On the other hand, you're about a month late (in my area) for it to be really effective, unless you get a stretch of warm weather....See MoreLesser Celandine / Ranunculus Ficaria Control
Comments (0)The one side of our property line boarders a woodland area with a stream. The first spring after we moved into the house I discovered we had a yellow flower that grew all over the place. I later found out it was Lesser Celandine. I have tried to kill the invasive plant with Round-up but I am realizing that this would be a lifelong & very expensive battle since our property boarders the woods which is covered with a thick carpet of this stuff. Not to mention our neighbors do not do anything to try and erradicate the invasive plant. Wondering if there is any sort of ground barrier that I can put in the ground around my property (similar to what they do for bamboo) that would at least stop the majority of the spreading coming up from the woods. That way I erradicate what I currently have in my property and stop the spreading of new growth coming from the woods. Does anyone know if a ground barrier would work for a tubler/bulblet type plant? If so how deep would the ground barrier have to go and what type of barrier material should I use (galvanized sheetmetal, plastic, etc?) Thanks!...See MoreHow to get rid of Ranunculus ficaria (lesser celandine)?
Comments (1)This plant is a pain and the window of time in which to address it during any given year is limited. See the attached link. You would probably have to go chemical to knock it back significantly. Here is a link that might be useful: PCA fact sheet...See Morewell_drained
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