Ranuculus acris flore pleno and ranuculus acris citrina

[Gerry]

Does anyone have a flourishing clump of either/both that I could cadge a bit from? I had them years ago and they were lovely, but got 'overlaid'. I think they're not keen on being crowded

Can offer swaps of woodsy stuff/ferns/anemones etc etc.

[mark smyth]

I can let you have 'Citrina' when it comes up next year. I also have 'Hedgehog'. My flore plena had died

[Gerry]

Thank you very much Mark; pm sent.

So, has anyone got fl pl?

[Alan_b]

I've got tons of both, growing in pots.  I haven't bothered to label the pots but one has a much more finely-divided leaf than the other so they should be easy to tell apart.  They tend to get a bit mildewed at this time of year but otherwise seem healthy.

[Leena]

If anyone is interested I have Ranunculus acris 'Stevenii', which has spread so that I can send couple of it in the spring just when it is coming up. I don't know if I can find it right now.
It is a very tall plant, and flowers for quite a long time in early summer, I like it a lot.

[Gerry]

I got that this year Leena; a beauty for the back of the border. Very long flowering

[Alan_b]

I'm looking for buttercups I can naturalise in my "lawn".  This already has a lot of bulbs so does not get mown until late in the year, the grass can get long and tends to smother or out-compete the weaker wild flowers.  So if "Stevenii" is good and vigorous, as accounts seem to suggest, it might do well for me.  So you can put my name down for a bit in the spring, Leena.

Hopefully I have been able to provide Gerry with the varieties he was seeking.

[mark smyth]

Alan its not suitable for a lawn - its grows to about 8 feet high

[Leena]

Alan its not suitable for a lawn - its grows to about 8 feet high

I agree, it is taller than the tallest peonies next to it. But if you still want it, I can send it to you in the spring (late April, I think).

[Alan_b]

Alan its not suitable for a lawn - its grows to about 8 feet high

Wow.  But in my dry and impoverished soil I imagine it will be kept in check.  I'm actually even more curious to try it now I know this!  But no worries, Leena, just if you find you have a bit to spare and the postage is not too exorbitant.   Maybe I can find you a snowdrop you have not got by way of a swap?

[Leena]

Alan, here are couple of pictures of my Ranunculus acris 'Stevenii', it flowers here all June and even in the beginning of July.
First close-ups and in the third picture it is in the left, behind the tall peony (Mons Martin Cahuzac, about 1,3m when flowering). You can compare the height to the white Lilium martagon and Lilium canadense in the back (not yet flowering). The soils is quite fertile loam.

[Alan_b]

Reviving this thread, does anyone grow Ranunculus acris ‘Sulphureus’?  How different is it from 'citrina'?

Also, I recently discovered that there are more named cultivars of the Creeping Buttercup, Ranunculus repens, than there are of the Meadow Buttercup, Ranunculus acris.  Introducing the creeping buttercup into my garden seems like a step too far but I'd be interested to hear comments from anybody who does grow it.