Shade Gardening: Successful shady outing today, 3 by Weerobin

Weerobin wrote:
I'll share some experience with syneilesis.
Mine looked great, but it needs to be divided every few years.
I haven't divided mine in a few years, so it no longer looks nice & full.
Here it was a few years ago (#1).
I love the way it looks when it's pushing up new growth in the spring (#2).
We call your 'wood poppies' celandine poppies, I presume it's the same plant.
I like them for their bright pure yellow flowers, but beware they'll reseed scattered about (#4).
I don't find it a nuisance, as it looks nice scattered around,
especially since the bluebells are doing the same thing and they look great together (#5).
But be sure to pull any unwanted ones while they're little.
After a year or two, they develop a woody crown which is hard to pull.
It has a bizarre sulfurous yellow color to the wood, which is quite striking.