Ranunculus asiaticus
Christine Council (Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:15:40 PST)
Dear Eugene:
Would you please contact me on my personal e-mail?
it is scamp@earthlink.net. I have something to ask you
about Georgia and New Jersey. Thank you very much and
of course this is something I do from time to time.
I want to respond personally to something.
Chris Council
[Original Message]
From: Eugene Zielinski <eez55@earthlink.net>
To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: 2/24/2006 10:24:11 PM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Ranunculus asiaticus
R. asiaticus seed definitely doesn't have to be fresh to give good
germination. I've had successful germination (about 75%) from seed that
was at least two years old, and stored at room temperature. My problem
was
that the plants seemed to stop growing after they produced a few true
leaves. This may have been because they germinated in the spring, and
their growth was stopped by warm weather. Seed appears to germinate best
with warm days and cold nights, but I'm not 100% sure of that.
I don't know of any commercial source for seed or tubers of the true
species. It is occasionally offered on the North American Rock Garden
Society seed exchange, but not this year.
Incidentally, Polunin and Huxley, in Flowers of the Mediterranean,
describe
the flowers as "often scarlet, but may be white, yellow, or orange." The
book has a great picture of the scarlet version on the cover.
Eugene Zielinski
Augusta, GA
USA
Subject: [pbs] Ranunculus asiaticus
To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Ranunculus asiaticus has various attractive color forms in the wild,
but
I've never seen it offered for sale. Rix's "Bulbs" describes it as
"tender,
killed at -10 [C]," which would not strike us on the Pacific Coast as
"tender." Does anyone know where I can get some fresh seed or rhizomes
of
this plant?
Jane McGary
Northwestern Oregon, USA
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