It seems like every time I write about one plant or another these days, I get e-mail from readers warning that it’s a menace. I’m sometimes scolded for even mentioning a buddleia, verbena or ...

Lesser celandine ( Ranunculus ficaria), also called fig buttercup, is a native of Europe and North Africa that was brought to North America as a garden ornamental but escaped cultivation. It can ...

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It’s just a guess, but I’ll venture that the most widespread Philadelphia plant in bloom right now is this one, Ranunculus ficaria. Around here it goes by the common name lesser celandine, although in ...

If you're a fan of full-bodied, multi-layered blooms, there's a good chance you'll like the ranunculus. And October can actually be the perfect time to plant these stunning blooms, depending on your ...

No petals in the world are as yellow or as lustrous as those of a celandine. Buttercups come closest - they are near cousins - but the shine of celandine flowers as they open wide in the first spring ...

• Although the native celandine, Ranunculus ficaria, is best known for its carpets of yellow blooms, plenty of cultivars offer more unusual flower and leaf colours. These can often be found in ...

- perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles ...

When we moved to our house in Devon 28 years ago, there had never been a garden. Perennial weeds were in complete control and one of the most tenacious was the creeping buttercup, Ranunculus repens.