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Ranunculus gramineus |
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| | 2012 |
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| | Same plant, 2014 |
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| Common name |
grassy-leaved buttercup |
| Family |
ranunculaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z5-9) |
| Flowers |
yellow (late spring-early summer) |
| Size |
10-12" |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil (not too dry) |
Forms a tuft of blue-green grassy leaves, topped by late spring by stems bearing rounded lemon-yellow flowers. Usually summer-dormant, with leaves re-appearing in autumn. After seeing our single plant bloom for the first time, I was hoping for a larger and more robust plant in years to follow – but two years later, the plant hasn't grown much. So I guess I need a larger number of them to make a statement.
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. About my plant portraits
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- Seed from NARGS '09/'10 exchange, cold-stored through summer. Baggy 70F (29%G, 3-6w).
Baggy 35F (13w; 17%G, 6-7w) - 70F (no further G, 3w)
Poor survival rate of sprouted seeds. I was happy to get any seedlings from my year-old seed, given its reputation for short viability.
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