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Ranunculus ficaria 'Salmon's White'

 
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Family: Ranunculaceae (ra-nun-kew-LAY-see-ee) (Info)
Genus: Ranunculus (ra-NUN-ku-lus) (Info)
Species: ficaria (fye-KAIR-ee-uh) (Info)
Cultivar: Salmon's White

Synonym:Ficaria verna

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Category:
Alpines and Rock Gardens
Groundcovers
Perennials

Height:
under 6 in. (15 cm)

Spacing:
12-15 in. (30-38 cm)

Hardiness:
USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F)
USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F)
USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F)
USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F)
USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F)
USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F)
USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F)
USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)

Sun Exposure:
Sun to Partial Shade

Danger:
All parts of plant are poisonous if ingested

Bloom Color:
Cream/Tan

Bloom Time:
Mid Spring

Foliage:
Grown for foliage
Deciduous
Bronze-Green
Smooth-Textured
Shiny/Glossy-Textured
Mottled

Other details:
May be a noxious weed or invasive
Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater

Soil pH requirements:
6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic)
6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
7.9 to 8.5 (alkaline)

Patent Information:
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Propagation Methods:
By dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs (including offsets)

Seed Collecting:
N/A: plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed

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Gardeners' Notes:

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Neutral Baa On Mar 9, 2003, Baa wrote:

A low growing, tuberous cultivar of Ranunculus ficaria - Lesser Celendine.

Has pale to mid-green, glossy, rounded to heart shaped leaves with some bronze markings. Bears single, cream coloured flowers with a slate blue-grey backing to the petals.

Flowers March to May

Loves slightly damp but well drained soil in sun or partial shade but prefers partial shade. Like all R. ficarias the flowers opn in the morning and are fully closed by 2 pm, on dark days they don't always open. By June the plant dies right back and spends it's summer dormancy in it's tiny tubers.

Will not come true from seed and needs to be vegetatively propagated. The tubers multiply quite quickly and it can become a problem in lawns, the cultivars tend to be much slower to spread but still need to be placed carefully in borders.



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