know anything about ranunculus?

[ellenrr]

I bought my first one, an impulse buy. so pretty.
So I have learned it is a bulb.
It is variety Mache.
Can I put them in the ground now? - the nites are down to 30 degrees

or wait til we no longer have below 32 temps?

will it bloom all summer?

thanks.

[Major Nikon]

1. Many recommend to plant bulbs in the fall

Although here in Texas I've always just planted them in early spring and they do fine. I think it's more of an issue if you live farther north and if those are your temps it sounds like you do.

[Curmudgeoness]

2. It is just the bulbs you got, or the plant already growing?

If it is the bulb, it should have been planted in the fall, but I would plant it right now while the soil is as cool as it is going to be.

If it is the plant, I would wait until the temps are not getting below freezing.

You will enjoy them, and if they don't do well this year, they may do much better next year. And they can really multiply well.

[ellenrr]

3. It is the plant - and another question

thanks.
from looking online, I think it is more common, probably better, to buy the bulb.
I think this nursery is selling this plant in flower, for people like me, that are not familiar with it. lol. I took the bait. But it is ok, it is beautiful.

I remembered why I don't do bulbs -
is it true that we must leave the foliage after blooming, as that is when the plant is gathering nutrients?
that is what I read somewhere.
that we can't cut the foliage even when it is brown and ugly.

Is that true for this plant?

of so, then I must plant something in front of it which will bloom later in the season.

[lululu]

4. leave foliage until it browns

the plant is gathering nutrients for next year when the foliage is still green. When it's dried up and brown, you can trim it. I tend to leave it for winter protection until the Spring, however.

[ellenrr]

5. it's in a pot. and has stopped flowering.

do I leave it outside all winter?
water it?
thanks

[lululu]

6. I have no clue.

When I lived in California, I used to leave an Amaryllis in a pot outside all "winter," dump some fertilizer on it in the spring and it bloomed every year. That's all I know. I would web search for info.

[ellenrr]

7. I asked the place where I bought it. He said the seller of the plant told him it was grown from a

seed, not a bulb, so it was done. finished. caput.
$5.99 for a plant that lasted less than a month.
I been had!

I don't like that nursery, won't go back.

[lululu]

8. perennials

The web says these are mostly perennials.