Ranunculus Bulbs - Butterfly Hades®

BOTANICAL NAME

Ranunculus

LIFE CYCLE

• Perennial

LIGHT REQUIREMENT

• Full Sun

GROWTH HABIT

• Clumping
• Upright

PLANT HEIGHT

• 18 inches

PLANT TYPE

• Butterfly

COLOR

• Red

Ranunculus Butterfly Hades is another stunning from the newest Ranunculus Butterfly series out of Japan. Fully double layers of petals in lovely, bright, lipstick-red that turns bronze as the flower opens up to full maturity. Hades is a taller variety with strong, lengthy stems carrying anywhere from 5 to 20 flowers per stem that are just begging to be cut and brought indoors. Like all blooms in the Butterfly series, petals have a coated sheen that gives them a sparkling appearance and a long vase life.

Note: In Zones 8–10, ranunculus are grown as perennials—plant in fall for spring blooms. In Zones 4–7, they are treated as cool-season annuals. Start corms indoors in late winter and transplant after nights stay above 30°F, or dry-store them and plant in spring after hard frosts.

Unauthorized reproduction and sale of corms is prohibited by the breeder.

• • Expect at least 5 and up to 20 flowers per stem which may require support such as staking or netting
• • Add a soft, wildflower-type elegance to the garden and vase
• • Plants are twice as large as traditional ranunculus

PLANTING SEASON

• Fall
• Spring

PLANTING DEPTH

• Top of Root Should Be No More Than 1 to 2 inches Below Soil

WATER NEEDS

• Low

PLANT SPACING

• 12 inches

HARDINESS ZONES

• 8
• 9
• 10

SEED PREP

• Soaking