Ranunculus
Available from 13/03/2026
- Joyful Spring plants delivered in bud and bloom
- Delivered gift wrapped and boxed with a handwritten greetings card
- Next or named delivery just £6
A perfect pop of colour for a birthday or thank you, we will have more of these popular spring plants available for delivery from mid-March if you would like to order ahead.
Need a gift straight away? we do have lots of other lovely flowering plants available for next day delivery.
Coming in an array of colours, ranunculs add vibrant colour to sunny borders and containers. Related to the buttercups we see in our fields and meadows, your plant is a bedding ranunculs and is commonly known as a Persian buttercup. This variety have much larger and dramatic blooms, and these more mature plants are perfect for a table top on a patio. With the right care they can be brought back into bloom year after year.
These instructions are sent with the plant gift
Coming in an array of colours, ranunculus add vibrant colour to sunny borders or containers. Related to the buttercups we see in our fields and meadows, your plant is commonly known as a Persian buttercup.
Rananculus like lots of direct light and need at least 6 hours of direct daylight a day to do well. They like sandy to loam soils best as they like the excess water to quickly move away from the roots, so when watering wait for the top inch to dry then put through enough water through the pot so that the excess water starts to freely drip from the bottom of the pot, let this water drain away from the planting pot, and be sure to tip any excess water away so the plant is not left sitting in water - water again once the top inch of the soil feels dry.
During the flowering and growth period feed you Ranunculus with a balanced fertiliser feed every two weeks, using a fertiliser that is particularly suited to flowering or fruiting plants. Be sure to deadhead the plants frequently to encourage more blooms, and keep the leaves well maintained to keep the plant look fresh and tidy for longer.
Ranunculus grow from a corms and so will naturally die back at the end of the season, typically early summer, but as theses have been brought on early this year you might see them go over a little sooner this year. They are slighty more hardy than you might think and can go down to between -10 and -5 degrees celcuis, so best kept either in a cool unheated conservatory or outside in a sheltered position. If keeping indoors the cooler the room the longer the flowers and plant will grow.
Air flow is particularly important to these plants so be sure to give them some space and not clump them too close together with other plants. When the leaves start to turn brown from the tips, stop watering and let all the goodness from the leaves die back into the roots. Once the foliage has died off completely cut it right back down to the topsoil and cover with mulch and store them in either a glasshouse or out of the rain in a cool spot.
Problem solving:
Ranunculus are susceptible to powdery mildew so good air flow and regular tidy ups removing excess spent foliage and blooms is important as is letting the plant dry out more between watering. They are also liked by Aphids and spidermite, but can easily be treated with a good soaking of soapy water twice a week, dunk the plant into a soapy water solution holding it upside down by the root ball to avoid overwatering the plant through treatment
