Cowslips

[ali_kat]

Can anyone help me please?

We have some growing in the orchard

Am I correct in thinking that they are a protected plant? Google isn't much help Some pages say some

If so, do I need to notify the local conservation team (we are in a conservation area already). I'll be letting the Estate's Gardeners know anyway (as they mow the lawns ).

in anticipation.

[carlovers]

wish that would happen to my mrs on the top landing.

[neilsie]

i believe they are Ali - if wild. but no, you don't need to inform anyone. it is illegal to pick the flowers , collect or dig up wild cowslips

Edited by neilsie on Tuesday 3rd March 18:47

[coolcatmaz]

yes they are a protected plant Ali, and no I don't think you do have to notify anyone that you have them.

when I was a wee girl and lived on the farm we used to have a whole bank of the field covered in them............literally thousands of them.

[DrTre]

try and find your local BAP (Biodiversity Action Plan) which is probably online. That might say.

[Brown and Boris]

We stil have them on the railway embankment by our house. Very prett too. If yuyou can I would avoid cuting them down until they have flowered although they are pretty tough from what I can see (ours grow amongst scrambling blackberry briars)

[coolcatmaz]

http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/biodiversity

In Norse mythology the plant was dedicated to Odin's wife, Frega, the goddess who held the keys to happiness and sexual love.

[Coco H]

we have lots growig in our garden. I strim them occasionally

[Don]

They are protected (IIRC) and you are extraordinarily lucky to have them!

There's a local farm down our way that has done a "Cowslip Field" as a conservation measure - it's now a once-a-year local attraction and attracts a couple of hundred people (all making a charitable donation). They only open one weekend, I think.

The whole field turns bright yellow. In a good way.

Edited by Don on Tuesday 3rd March 19:13

[Gaspode]

I thought they were just to stop the cow's mouths from fraying....

[ali_kat]

I'll let the gardener's know not to mow that area then

Thanks for your help

[sleep envy]

her what knows about gardens said they're protected

[Blib]

DrTre said:

...Biodiversity Action Plan

I don't like that phrase for some reason.

[TheEnd]

COWSLIP (PRIMULA VERIS)

Wild flower and member of the Primrose family. Its name derives from "cowpat",(Old English "cuslyppe")

" According to legend, St Peter dropped the keys to Heaven and where they landed Cowslips grew "


Heaven's keys? I think they might be a narcotic...

[Simpo Two]

If you play your cards right you might be able to get an EU grant not to dig them up

[ali_kat]

I was really pleased that I a) noticed them; b) knew what they were (before I looked them up) and c) alarm bells rang about them being protected

PH

[The Excession]

@The End
huh huh huh fnurk fnurk fnurk giggle wobble oh my you said 'cuslyppe'

[Wings]

ali_kat said:

I'll let the gardener's know not to mow that area then

Thanks for your help

They will grow every year, so no need to worry about mowing over them after they have flowered.

By coincidence, just fronting my home I usually have a colourful display of cow slips growing, but this year none, so was thinking today that possibly somebody had dug them up.

[ali_kat]

This is what i saw first - cowslips



but now we have these growing with them, which are also looking to me like cowslips, same leaves and petal formation - but pink???



as you can see, they are growing as part of the same plant here...



I'm confused, Google doesn't help

This is not a planted area of the garden, it is underneath the apple trees in the 'wilderness' bit...

Can anyone help to identify them please?

[Blib]

Purple. You can find purple cowslips.