Lesser celandine
Ficaria verna
In Dutch: Speenkruid
BulbsCollection: Native species
Properties
- Height
- 5 to 30 cm
- Spread
- 10 to 50 cm per plant
- Full grown after
- 1 to 2 years
- Sun
- Partial shade to shade
- Soil
- Moist and fertile, ideally loam or clay
- Water
- Average: moist in spring
- Maintenance
- Low: no pruning needed
- Flowers
- March to May, yellow
- For bees
- Yes: nectar and pollen, March to May
- Hay fever
- Not or weakly allergenic
- Leaves
- Drop in summer
- Hardy
- Yes
- Native
- Yes
- Poisonous
- Mildly: the sap can irritate the skin
- Pricks or stings
- No
- Price, young
- About €2.35 to €3.50 each, 10 to 30 cm tall
- Price, grown
- Not for sale
Through the year
- Leaf
- February to May
- Flower
- March to May
- Fruit
- no noticeable fruit