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Ranunculus
Ranunculus asiaticus x hybrids
These popular spring-flowering bulbs yield colourful cut flowers. Ranunculus offer masses of bright, thickly doubled flowers on compact plants. Flowers multiply with picking and range in colour from purple and red to orange, yellow, cream, white and pink.
Planning
Difficulty
Easy
Fruiting time
Spring
Harvesting
The flowers are cut for the vase and the corms are harvested and sold to plant in gardens.
Propagation
Division
Divide and replant the tubers in the dormant season.
Special features
Attracts useful insects
Bees are attracted to the flowers.
Pot plant
The tubers can be planted into pots in the dormant season. Place the pots in direct sunlight to promote flowering.
Geography
Origin
Eastern Mediterranean region in southwestern Asia, southeastern Europe (Crete, Karpathos and Rhodes), and northeastern Africa
Environment
Light
Full Sun
Soil moisture
Moist
Soil type
Loam
Soil PH preference
Neutral
Frost hardiness
Half-Hardy
Personality
Family
Ranunculaceae
Flower colour
Purple, red, orange, yellow, cream, white and pink
Scent
None
Problems
Susceptible to slugs and snails and powdery mildew.
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