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#aplantaweek #taurusgardening #weeds #groundelder #Aegopiumpodagraria Bishop Weed, Ground Elder, many other names, this common British weed is s hard one to beat in the garden just with digging. Often chemical help is needed in the form of glyphosate based weedkillers. However, The plant is said to have been introduced into England by the Romans as a food plant and into Northern Europe as a medicinal herb by monks. It is still found growing in patches surrounding many monastic ruins in Europe, and descriptions of its use are found among monastic writings, such as in Physica by Hildegard von Bingen. The young leaves have been used in a similar way to spinach over the centuries as a salad leaf or pot herb, but care should be taken to reduce its inclusion as it matures as the older leaves are less tasty and in fact work quite effectively as a laxative!

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#12 Loch Lomond looking west from Cashel

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Loch Lomond, painting #12 in progress

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#oilsalive - #tramore Looking west across Tramore and the Dunes. Co. Waterford

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#plantstagram #aplantaday #taurusgardening Sea of Snowdrops in Cammo estate. Gorgeous! (at Cammo Estate)

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#8 Edinburgh Sunset.

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Llandudno Bay, Nov '13

Culls Bay, North Uist

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Woodstown, Co. Waterford. A favourite place for walking and thinking. (And only my 5th oil painting!)

#aplantaday #taurusgardening #plantstagram Pulmonaria officinalis - Lungwort, common lungwort, So named because the leaves are commonly speckled and resemble the speckling on lungs, as it happens though it's constituents have, for many years, been used in the treatment of lung disorders and asthma. The leaves are also edible and can be used raw or cooked like spinach as a potherb. In the garden though, it provides these wonderful sprays of blue to pink flowers early in the year (early spring or mid/late winter if mild conditions prevail) with a longer flowering duration than many herbaceous perennials. (at Broomhall)

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#aplantaday #taurusgardening #plantstagram Galanthus nivalis - Snowdrop, Common Snowdrop. Lovely flowers we all recognise, which pop up mid to late winter, heralding the spring. Galanthus, from the Greek gala (milk) and anthos (flower), the name given to the genus by Carl Linnaeus in 1735, "nivalis" means "of the snow", referring either to the snow-like flower or the plant's early flowering. Other British traditional common names include "February fairmaids", "dingle-dangle", "Candlemas bells", "Mary's tapers" and, in parts of Yorkshire,"snow piercers" (at Greenbank)

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#aplantaday #tAurusgardening #plantstagram Helleborus niger - Christmas Rose, Black Hellebore. This pic was kindly donated today by a friend asking for its name. Thanks Vicky! Hellebores is an evergreen perennial flowering plant in the buttercup family,. It is poisonous containing protoanemonin, or ranunculin,which has an acrid taste and can cause burning of the eyes, mouth and throat, oral ulceration, gastroenteritis and hematemesis. Best not eating it then! Although the flowers resemble wild roses (and despite its common name), Christmas rose does not belong to the rose family (Rosaceae). It is commonly called the Christmas rose, due to an old legend that it sprouted in the snow from the tears of a young girl who had no gift to give the Christ child in Bethlehem. (at Broomhall)

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#aplantaday #taurusgardening #plantstagram A wee note about my own principles on these posts: I strive to take good photos of the plants I post but the key thing to me is that they're current - I.e. This is what they are looking like right now and in order to ensure that I always take the pics myself. The short bits of info I supply are gleaned from wherever I can learn a little something unusual or new to me so, my own library, google and wiki are common sources. I really hope you are enjoying the posts as much as I am in posting them. Best wishes, Chris, Taurus Gardening. (at Broomhall, Edinburgh)

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#aplantaday #taurusgardening #plantstagram Dendranthema grandiflorum (previously and still in some sources known as Chrysanthemum morifolium) - originally named from the Greek chrysos meaning gold and anthos meaning flower, refering to the traditional yellow or gold flower color Dendranthema is a native of China from over 2000 years ago and is the second most popular cut flower after carnations (mind you neither yet match the value of roses); thus it's common name, florists chrysanthemum. Usually this flowers in late summer but here it is bold as brass flowering well in South Edinburgh in the middle of January - normally our coldest point in the year! Wonderful surprise to see it though. (at Auchengane)

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#aplantaday #taurusgardening #plantstagram #commonweeds Senecio vulgaris - British common names... Common Groundsel, Groundsel, Ragwort, Grimsel, Grinsel, Grundsel, Simson, Birdseed, Chickenweed, Old-man-of-the-spring, Squaw Weed, Grundy Swallow, Ground Glutton, Common Butterweed... A really good example of why we use botanical Latin to distinguish our garden and countryside weeds! This wee beggar has a very quick seed to seed life cycle so can be a real nuisance in the garden but hear are a few things you might not know about it... Common groundsel generally produces about 2000 seeds per plant depending on growing conditions. The seeds are easily spread by wind and unlike most plants are capable of more than one generation per year allowing populations to build fairly quickly. Several species of Senecio are known to be toxic to livestock including common groundsel, however livestock losses are uncommon, but most poisonings are due to ingestion of contaminated hay or hay cubes over a period of time. They are not deep rooted though and respond well (I mean here, the management of them as weeds) to regular hoeing out, be careful to remove the green though, Senecio vulgaris will quickly re-root in/on damp soil and can be seeding within the fortnight... (at Currie)

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