Ranunculus ficaria 2014

[WimB]

Haven't heard a lot about these beauties for a while...they might be a bit thuggish but I still love them...

For today:

A nice new double form: Ranunculus ficaria 'Graham Joseph'
and the first named double Orange flowering form: Ranunculus ficaria 'Nathalie'

[Lesley Cox]

They're very nice Wim and Mark will be cheered to see them too.

[WimB]

Some more,

Ranunculus ficaria 'Brazen Hussy' and her sister 'Coy Hussy' (with a few green flecks on her leaves)
Ranunculus ficaria 'Double Bronze'
Ranunculus ficaria 'Picton's Double'
Ranunculus ficaria 'Salad Bowl' (A personal favourite and completely sterile)

[WimB]

Ranunculus ficaria 'Salmon's White'
Ranunculus ficaria 'Art Nouveau'
Ranunculus ficaria 'Dahlem'
Ranunculus ficaria 'Martin Gibbs Progeny'
and some cultivars together in my garden.

[lettuce begin]

Some more,

Ranunculus ficaria 'Brazen Hussy' and her sister 'Coy Hussy' (with a few green flecks on her leaves)
Ranunculus ficaria 'Double Bronze'
Ranunculus ficaria 'Picton's Double'
Ranunculus ficaria 'Salad Bowl' (A personal favourite and completely sterile)

WOW.  Just love that Ranunculus ficaria 'Salad Bowl'.  Do you know of a supplier in the uk Wim ?

[annew]

It's fascinating - and completely mad!

[WimB]

WOW.  Just love that Ranunculus ficaria 'Salad Bowl'.  Do you know of a supplier in the uk Wim ?

I'm sorry, but I don't know if anyone in the UK sells it! Your best bet might be either Monksilver nursery or Natural Selection.

[Alan_b]

Possibly not too many celandine-fanciers here but I like them.  What is the best way to increase the stock?  They have corms a bit like miniature dahlia tubers.  Should I wait until the plant goes dormant in summer then split off some of these corms in the same way that you would with a dahlia?     

[WimB]

Possibly not too many celandine-fanciers here but I like them.  What is the best way to increase the stock?  They have corms a bit like miniature dahlia tubers.  Should I wait until the plant goes dormant in summer then split off some of these corms in the same way that you would with a dahlia?   

Alan, increasing them is not really hard, you can lift them now and divide them, as long as you make sure you have some corms with a crown, you'll have a new plant. And if you divide in Summer almost every separare "tuber" can make a new plant in the following Spring!

[Palustris]

Have you looked at the list here?
http://www.johnjearrard.co.uk/plants/ranunculusficaria/genus.html
Click on each one for an image.

[astragalus]

Nice to see other people who appreciate these plants.  In my garden they disappear as the garden dries out so they're definitely not thugs at all, just charming.  Thanks for the link.  I had no idea how many varieties there were.

[Maggi Young]

In the first incarnation of the SRGC Forum we had a large section devoted to R. ficaria varieties - there were masses of them -  all were lost when that forum was lost. So sad  that all those years of  the forum were lost. 

[lettuce begin]

Thank you for the wonderful link Palustris. I shall definitely be adding a few more to mine and my Mum's small
 collection.
Does he actually sell any plants ?

[Maggi Young]

Innes Hogg sells a few cultivars, Cheryl : http://www.craigiehallnursery.co.uk/ourshop/cat_583436-Plants-R.html

[Alan_b]

So sad  that all those years of  the forum were lost. 

I had a look to see what had been archived, here for example https://web.archive.org/web/20100113134233/http://www.srgc.org.uk/discus/messages/8/5092.html?1113744330
But the pictures are lost (or at best separated from the text and archived elsewhere).