12/28/2023 0 Comments Wild buttercup plantTo discover more plants for Bees, simply enter the word "pollinators" into the search box above. Bees, butterflies, moths, hoverflies and many others visit flowers to feed on nectar and pollen while doing so they transfer pollen and increase seed setĪnd fruit development. The RHS Perfect for Pollinators mark is only given to plants that support pollinating insects in gardens. Once established Meadow Buttercup plants will self-seed quite readily given the right conditions. The seedlings can then be pricked out and grown on, for planting out later in the year. Meadow Buttercup seeds can be over sown directly into established meadow grasses or sown in trays of compost in the spring or autumn. Meadow Buttercup is best grown with other traditional meadow plants such as Ox-eye daisy, Black Knapweed, Great Burnet, Meadow Cranesbill, and Field Scabious which will give a long succession of flowering through the summer. On drier sites it’s other relative, the Bulbous Buttercup, may grow better. Meadow Buttercups grow best in damp soils and meadows either in full sun or semi-shade. Sadly Buttercup meadows are becoming a rare sight in the wild but fortunately the seeds are readily available and quite affordable making restorations a possibility. In fact Meadow Buttercup is a desirable species to have in a wild seed mixture and will turn a meadow a rich golden yellow in late spring. Unlike its cousin however, Meadow Buttercup does not have the same creeping root system but grows as a distinctly individual plant to about knee high. Meadow Buttercup– ranunculus acris – is sometimes given a bad name by the closely related Creeping Buttercup.
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