Ranunculus ficaria

[Paul T]

Joakim,

Yep, I really must apologise.  I must have been having a seniors moment and inserted Hepatica mentally when you wrote Anemone nemorosa. <sigh>  Maybe I should just keep quiet! LOL

Apologies for the mortal insult! <grin>  I HAVE heard mention that Hepaticas are weeds in some parts of the world..... which is understandable when they can grow in the thousands.  A kind of nice weed though!!! LOL  I covet them very much, but am trying not to go for the Ranunculus ficaria in the same enthusiasm.  Unfortunately Mark's lovely pics make it very hard to resist.

[henkw]

Here some more pictures taken today

1 Ranunculus ficaria Double Mud
2 Ranunculus ficaria Dusky Maiden
3 Ranunculus ficaria E A bowles
4 Ranunculus ficaria var aurantiacus
5 Ranunculus ficaria Salmons White

Henk Westerhof

[mark smyth]

someone in NL sells Ranunculus ficaria? Thanks for the photos. How white is the white one?

[henkw]

Dear Mark

How many do you want?

Ranunculus ficaria Salmons White is nearly white, very soft yellow it looks nearly white.


Henk Westerhof

[mark smyth]

Wow I have never seen so many

[Paddy Tobin]

That display looks like the array or the common Lesser Celandine which can very quickly infest a damp side of my garden where they require regular removal.

On a related note: a friend just returned from a few days around the UK reported seeing Ranunculus ficaria 'Brazen Hussey' selling at £7 each!

Wow, I should start potting up my self-sown seedlings and make a fortune instead of throwing them into the compost bin.

Paddy

[Paddy Tobin]

A Ranunculus ficaria with a bronze shade to the flowers, no name applied.

Paddy

[mark smyth]

thats an unusual colour. Is it a seedling or did you buy it? Can you take a close up tomorrow please

[Paddy Tobin]

Mark,

This is a seedling in the garden. The only named variety I grow is R. 'Brazen Hussey'. However, I have absolutely plenty of the native form.

Paddy

[Andrew]

Two in a comparison shot, R. 'Fried Egg' (left) and R. 'Bantams Egg' which looks slightly more yellow than Mark's at the start of this thread.

[Paddy Tobin]

Mark,

A close up of that bronze-coloured celandine.

Paddy

[mark smyth]

very nice

[mark smyth]

who emailed me for R. ficaria tubers? I know I kept the email but dont know who to look for

[mark smyth]

sorted.

[Joakim B]

Sorry for bringing an old thread alive again from the dead but I do not have enough to start a new thread.
Mark how did it grow with the green backed ficaria?
I found that this year is a good year for R. ficaria.
They are growing so well that they have to be controlled.
I have only the natural occurring ones but saw that some had interesting?! foliage.
Is this due to damage or does often happen.
I also saw the ones with green on the back.
I do not know if this is common or not.
I presume that this will not be my retiering so have to wait to flip the boss of and wait to look for a island to buy. After all even if they would be interesting they do not have snowdrop prices.
Kind regards
Joakim