Anyone who has received a bouquet of ranunculus as a gift or has seen these plants in a hardware store may have quickly fallen in love with these flowering plants. What sorts are there?

Ranunculus does not have a variety designation like other ornamental plants

No variety designations

In the world of ranunculus, there are no specific, creative variety names as there are with roses, girls' eyes, hydrangeas and the like. It's just a ranunculus. Most of the time, the trade shows the color in which it flowers before or after it. That's it already.

Turkish, Persian, French,…

If you want to be more precise, the common ranunculus can also be referred to as Asian ranunculus or florist's ranunculus. Or you can divide the ranunculus into the following subcategories:

  • Turkish Ranunculus/Turban Ranunculus
  • Persian ranunculus
  • French ranunculus
  • Peony flowered ranunculus

Turkish ranunculus are characterized by large and densely filled flowers. These specimens flower earlier than others. Persian ranunculus are also large, but only single to semi-double. The French ranunculus, on the other hand, is loosely filled, as is the peony-flowered ranunculus, which has the longest flowering period of all ranunculus.

Ranunculus for every taste

There are now ranunculus for everyone's taste. There are the large-flowered and small-flowered specimens, the double, the semi-double and the single specimen and then there are significant differences in colour. Breeders have managed to breed ranunculus in umpteen colors. There are single-colored, two-colored and multi-colored ranunculus plants.

The color palette starts with white and goes through cream. Then come light yellow and golden yellow. Followed by orange and red, pink and pink and the darkest shade: violet. Spaces in between are also not uncommon. There are also ranunculus with orange-green or white-pink flowers.

Characteristics that all ranunculus have in common

Most ranunculus plants grow up to 50 cm high and have 1 to 3 flowers in bloom. They are all poisonous. In Germany, flowering begins outdoors in May and can last until July. The foliage is pinnate and green. All buttercups like sunny and damp locations.

tips

If you want to buy a ranunculus, it is best to do so when the plant is in bloom. Then see what the flower color really looks like!

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