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Caltha palustris 'Multiplex'

Ranunculaceae
 

Habitat: wet places

 

Soil: with plenty of humus

 

Height: 30 cm

 

Flowering: spring

 

Width: 40 cm

           


           

The Marsh marigold or Kingcup, Caltha palustris, is a British native, producing large buttercup flowers in spring. It is ideal for a bog garden or he edge of a pool. There are related species from elsewhere, some with yellow and some with white flowers.

Caltha palustris 'Multiplex' is the double-flowered form of the familiar marsh marigold, with particularly bright yellow flowers.
1 litre pot £5.00

invisible.gif Caltha leptosepala is an American marsh marigold with white flowers rather than yellow. With really shiny, almost round leaves as a background, the starry flowers on dark stems really shine out.
invisible.gif Caltha leptosepala subsp. biflora NNS07-87 has large, roundish, wavy-edged leaves, and white flowers on tall stems. It is a beautiful plant for a wet place, naturally coming into growth as the snow melts.These plants derive from a population in the eastern Cascade range. The subspecies is sometimes known as a species, Caltha biflora. Biflora means that it has two flowers per stem - sometimes!
invisible.gif Caltha leptosepala subsp. howellii is an American marsh marigold, and has white flowers rather than yellow. With really shiny, almost round leaves as a background, the starry flowers on dark stems really shine out. This sub-species is more compact than the standard forms.