Butterfly Ranunculus Melissa

Ranunculus Butterfly™ Melissa® is a beautiful variety with lovely, very soft pink flowers which have a small ‘eye’ in the middle.  This variety has a good height (60cm) and produces many, many flowers per stem.  The flower buds of Melissa® have a beautiful light colour, which later changes to very soft pink.  This Butterfly Ranunculus was the strongest, most prolific flowering Spring crop for us this year!

Still relatively rare and specialist these are professional grade cut flower variety corms not easily available elsewhere.

The flower petals have a subtle waxy sheen that gives them a sparkling appearance and a long vase life (2 or more weeks!)  Our Devon grown plants bloomed from April to June last year in a polytunnel and were over 60cm in height.

If growing outside I would recommend starting corms in late Winter/early Spring and plant out when the worst of the frosts are over.

(We also sell plants ready to go into the garden in Spring time.)

Quantity:

5 claws

Flowering time:

March – June (depends on location)

Crop time:

8 – 12 weeks growing, 8 week flowering (depends on location)

Crop temperature:

Cold cultivation, free from frost

Plants per m²:

9 (3 rows per bed)

Cutting stage:

Flower open and shows color

Delivery & Storage:

Sent out from October. Claws arrive dehydrated and ready to be sown in October or stored until late January.  (Protect from rodents)

When soaking the claws ready to plant or pot up we soak ours in clean water for 3 hours.  DO NOT OVER SOAK YOUR CLAWS THEY WILL ROT!

Plants are protected and propagation prohibited. This is to ensure these special ranunculus varieties are only released following careful development and carry the registered trademarks.  By ordering our products you signify your agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions

These corms have been bred for the professional cut flower industry. F1 hybrid hand pollinated, you may occasionally receive the odd ‘rogue’ and a colour outside your selection.