Doronicum (Leopard's Bane)

Description: Part of the Asteraceae family and blooms early spring. Great for a border.

Newest Review: ... year, as long as you plant it in sun or partial shade. It won't like a dry dark corner, so give it a good position. You can ... more

... buy a small plant at any garden centre for a small cost of around £3. It won't look much to begin with especially if you buy it in the winter as it dies down a lot, but it will soon spread out and each year you can dig it up, and carefully tease it apart to make new plants if you wish. The time to do this is in September to November. You can also grow them from seed in pots, which I have done successfully too. For this you just plant in the spring and pot on as they grow, and then the following year you should have sev...more

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Doronicum (Leopard's Bane): Golden Clumps of Daisies Which Flower In The Spring. (742 words)
by - written on 03/02/09 (Very useful, 73 readings)
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I want to start by saying that I owe this review to my dear father who taught me everything I know about plants and the garden. He is a wealth of knowledge and his garden is a picture admired by many as they walk past it along an Essex seaside town. One of his favourite plants and mine is called Doronicum or Leopard's Bane. It is a stunning plant which has beautiful sunny daisy yellow flowers at a time of year when it is unusual to find daisy like plants in flower at all. If you have read any of my previous reviews on winter flowering plants you may know I enjoy seeing colour in the garden. It isn't a problem in the summer when you can go mad with bedding ... Read the complete review