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The tyranny of the buttercups: Lovely, and taking over the Philly region with a big assist from the weather


The tyranny of the buttercups: Lovely, and taking over the Philly region with a big assist from the weather
Anthony R. Wood, The Philadelphia Inquirer
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flowers bloom at Chanticleer Garden in Wayne on Monday.
In a splendidly colorful and vibrant spring orchestrated by a fortuitous alignment of weather circumstances, the innocuously named “fig buttercup” is having the time of its life, decorating stream banks, hillsides, and yards with flowers “bright as the sun, himself,” in the words of William Wordsworth.
A 19th-century poet’s endorsement notwithstanding, Mark Gormel, horticultural coordinator at the Brandywine Conservancy, and other plant specialists around the country wouldn’t mind if this particular buttercup, known more properly as the lesser celandine, disappeared like yesterday. ....

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