{"id":13510,"date":"2016-03-17T08:24:10","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T15:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13510"},"modified":"2016-03-17T05:41:46","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T12:41:46","slug":"grow-the-ranunculaceae-buttercup-family-from-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/grow-the-ranunculaceae-buttercup-family-from-seed\/","title":{"rendered":"Grow  Ranunculaceae Buttercup Family From Seed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Buttercup family are called Ranunculaceae. To grow the plants successfully beware the seeds tend to have a short period of viability and need planting straight away.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"trollius by withrow, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/86953562@N00\/154522852\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/77\/154522852_07ca5c16c1.jpg\" alt=\"trollius\" width=\"500\" height=\"368\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Quick Tips for Germinating Perennials<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Sow the seed when it is fresh. Collect it from the plant as soon as it is viable.<\/li>\n<li>These perennials usually germinate the following spring after a period of cold.<\/li>\n<li>Sowing them early provides the protection of the soil.<\/li>\n<li>If sowing direct into the ground make sure weeds have been eradicated first.<\/li>\n<li>Meadow buttercups do not seem to need any help from gardeners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"nigella by ripplestone garden, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ripplestone\/2541733028\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3008\/2541733028_32da483b67.jpg\" alt=\"nigella\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Ranunculaceae family to grow from Seed<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Members of this Family usually have 5 coloured sepals instead of petals and divided leaves.<\/li>\n<li>They are herbaceous non-woody plants except Clematis.<\/li>\n<li>Aconitum seeds and plants are poisonous<\/li>\n<li>Anemone<\/li>\n<li>Aquilegia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=aquilegia\"> seeds at Thompson &amp; Morgan<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Caltha<\/li>\n<li>Clematis, I find them hard to grow from seed.<\/li>\n<li>Delphinium <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=delphiniums\"> seeds at Thompson &amp; Morgan<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Eranthis<\/li>\n<li>Helleborus deadhead after flowering and feed unless you want to collect seed.<\/li>\n<li>Nigella easy from self sown seed<\/li>\n<li>Ranunculus<\/li>\n<li>Trollius top photo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Helebore hybrid by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4459626876\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4019\/4459626876_c284164cf0.jpg\" alt=\"Helebore hybrid\" width=\"500\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seed merchant advice<\/strong> (but they want to sell seeds all year around.)<br \/>\n&#8216;Sow April to May or September to October. Alternatively, sow in late summer in 7.5cm (3in) pots in a cool greenhouse and then overwinter plants in cool, well lit conditions.<br \/>\nSow outdoors where they are to flower.<br \/>\nPrepare the ground well and rake to a fine tilth before sowing. Sow 3mm (1\/8in) deep, in rows 30cm (12in) apart.<br \/>\nWhen large enough to handle, thin out seedlings to 23cm (9in) apart.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo Credits<br \/>\ntrollius by withrow CC BY-NC 2.0<br \/>\nnigella by ripplestone garden CC BY-ND 2.0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13512\" title=\"gods own county 052\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/gods-own-county-052.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/gods-own-county-052.jpg 480w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/gods-own-county-052-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Buttercup family are perennials called Ranunculaceae. To grow these herbaceous plants successfully beware the seeds tend to have a short period of viability and need planting straight away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}