Chocolate Ranunculus add spice to the garden with multiple layers of chocolatey red petals. At 12 to 15 inches tall, these make gorgeous border plantings and have long-lasting blooms that make excellent cut flowers. When fully open, centers resemble anemones and when partially closed, blooms look like gorgeous garden roses. Chocolate Ranunculus do well in cooler climates when started indoors in winter and planted in spring or can be fall-planted in zones 8 to 10 for beautiful spring blooms.
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.
