Lesser celandine is one of our more challenging invasive species to control. It emerges, flowers, and goes dormant in a very short period in early spring. If you have walked along rivers, streams, and flood plains in the springtime, you have likely seen lesser celandine. It is very good at excluding / choking out native perennials and seedlings. It is late December and I saw some emerging along the Scioto river last week, likely encouraged by our recent warm temperatures. I did not apply herbicide this early in the growth cycle, as the timing and the plant's development weren't ready quite yet.
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I had the privilege of working just after a decent snowfall this January and thought I'd share some of the pics I took. I was mostly tasked with removing invasive species. When the initial removal was complete, there remained healthy populations of silky and grey dogwoods and a nice elderberry thicket.
These headclipping weevils can do some disheartening damage to some plants and I think they are becoming more frequent. To help control future populations throw as many of the beheaded flowers in a sealed bag and throw it out. The flowers contain the larvae of next years' adults. Check out this excellent article by Joe Boggs for more details.
bygl.osu.edu/index.php/node/2020 Finally, our spring grow list has been compiled! Contact us with any questions at nativecbus@gmail.com, somersetnativeplantnursery@gmail.com, or on Facebook.
PERENNIALS @ $5 3.5" POT beebalm false blue indigo blazing star (Liatris spicata) foxglove beardtongue blue stemmed goldenrod great blue lobelia blue wood aster green headed coneflower New England Aster grey headed coneflower butterfly milkweed golden Alexanders common milkweed rattlesnake master swamp milkweed narrow leaf mtn. mint cardinal flower oxeye sunflower columbine purple coneflower common boneset sweet joe pye common yarrow Virginia waterleaf compass plant royal catchfly cup plant whorled rosinweed GRASSES @ $5 3.5" POT big bluestem Indian grass little bluestem prairie dropseed sideoats grama TREES AND SHRUBS 1 GALLON @ $10, 3 GALLON @ $20 American plum 3 red cedar 3 black chokeberry 1, 3 elderberry 1, 3 bladdernut 3 flowering dogwood 3 buttonbush 3 silky dogwood 1, 3 Ohio buckeye 3 grey dogwood 3 chokecherry 1 red twig dogwood 1, 3 winterberry 3 blackhaw viburnum 1, 3 hazelnut 3 American highbush cranberry viburnum 3 ninebark 3 arrowwood viburnum 3 redbud 1, 3 mapleleaf viburnum 3 paw paw 1,3 spicebush 1, 3 |
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