{"id":6620,"date":"2014-03-05T21:30:27","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T04:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6620"},"modified":"2014-03-05T08:16:53","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T15:16:53","slug":"ranunculus-buttercups-to-florists-flowering-bulbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/ranunculus-buttercups-to-florists-flowering-bulbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranunculus from Alps to Florist&#8217;s  Bulbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Buttercup is more than a cough syrup or a yellow meadow flower!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Ranunculus \" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4406950442\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2711\/4406950442_9b8a709626.jpg\" alt=\"Ranunculus\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With their many-petals and peony-like flowers, Ranunculus asiaticus tubers make delightful additions to border or container plantings. They are also highly valued as long-lasting cut flowers. Early spring plantings will produce summer flowers or they can be planted in autumn to flower in early spring.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ranunculus ficaria enjoy a warm, sunny position, in soil which remains moist during the growing period.<\/li>\n<li>Also known as Persian buttercups they grow 12-15 inches tall.<\/li>\n<li>Like many bulbs and corms they will rot if the ground is waterlogged.<\/li>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<li>Allow to dry and rest after flowering.<\/li>\n<li>In cold areas they may be best started in pots under cover.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4458922781\/\" title=\"Ranunculus ficaria Tortoiseshell by brianpettinger, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4067\/4458922781_2b99950248.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Ranunculus ficaria Tortoiseshell\"><\/a><br \/>\nMixtures and deep purple corms are available from <a href=\"http:\/\/search.thompson-morgan.com\/search?w=ranunculus\">Thompson Morgan<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/8207273203\/\" title=\"Ranunculus calandrinioides by brianpettinger, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8340\/8207273203_f91319b438.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Ranunculus calandrinioides\"><\/a><br \/>\nThere are many varieties of Buttercup worth growing. Some of the species suit the Alpine garden or cold frame. and I particularly like the small white Ranunculus seguieri and Ranunculus calandrinioides above.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ranunculus in Alpine House Hortoris<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buttercup is more than a cough syrup or a yellow meadow flower! With their many-petals and peony-like flowers, Ranunculus asiaticus tubers make delightful additions to border or container plantings. They are also highly valued as long-lasting cut flowers. Early spring plantings will produce summer flowers or they can be planted in autumn to flower in early spring. Ranunculus ficaria enjoy a warm, sunny position, in soil which remains moist during the growing period. Also known as Persian buttercups they grow&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/ranunculus-buttercups-to-florists-flowering-bulbs\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6620","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=6620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}