According to the charity Plantlife’s website, ‘In fact the 21st February is known as Celandine Day as this is when peak flowering has been observed to begin’.
Has anyone ever come across mention of this day elsewhere? If you have, please let us know – roy@plant-lore.com.
Image: celandine, Ficaria verna, Tooting Common, London Borough of Lambeth, February 2021.