Plant Passport Registration Number: GB147173 Please read our notes before placing the order: 1. The pictures in this listing are examples of the available plant at maturity and do not indicate anything in regard to size of plant at the point of sale. You will receive an organically produced young plant grown in a 9cm pot for planting immediately or to grow on (pot removed, when possible, to reduce plastic waste) 2. Seasonal difference in plants: Please be aware if you are new to gardening, that the plants we supply are mostly herbaceous perennials and many go dormant in winter. You may receive what looks like an empty pot or piece of root. This will produce new growth in spring. 3. The date the Royal mail label is bought (tracking number added as sent against your orders) is the date your order is lined up for picking. It is likely to be put into the post a couple of days later. Thank you.
One of the best known winter flowers which can open its yellow goblet flowers as early as January.Over many years will seed to form golden carpets even in the shade under trees where little else can succeed.
Three plants from 9cm pots, in the green if in season.Reliable establishment will come from planting in the green ;planting seemingly cheap dry corms in autumn often results in failure.
Eranthis hyemalis - Winter Aconite the most prevalent species is a perennial to 10cm in height, with cup-shaped, bright yellow flowers 3cm in width, from late winter, surrounded by divided, leafy bracts. Basal leaves
are rich green, divided into several lobes. Grow in a humus-rich, moderately fertile soil that doesn't dry out while corms are in growth; generally deciduous trees which dry out the soil only later in summer can be underplanted .Tolerates most soil types even dry soil under trees but does best in
alkaline soils. No pruning required.Self seeds where happy.
Foliage: Deciduous
Height: up to 10cm in 2-5 years
Spread: up to 10cm
Eranthis hyemalis Winter Aconite 3 xs, flowered corms, in the green.
- Eranthis