Easy to Grow Ranunculus Tecolote 'Purple' Plant Bulbs (10) - Bright Purple Flowering Blooms in Temperate Spring Gardens

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I was extremely disappointed with these Ranunculus Tecolote 'Pastel Mix' Plant Bulbs. Despite following all planting instructions carefully, none of the bulbs germinated. None! I had high hopes for a beautiful display of pink, yellow, and white blooms in my garden, but was left with nothing but bare soil. This product did not live up to its promises and was a complete waste of time and money. I would not recommend these bulbs to anyone looking to add vibrant colors to their garden. Save yourself the frustration and choose a different brand.

These are doing awesome, no flowers yet but that’s expected it’s early in the season. I had a couple get taken out by a hail storm and they seem to be bouncing back really well! Easy to grow and looking awesome!

I got the picotee mix and had a pretty low success rate despite optimal conditions. They're also not really as pictured. Still, very cute. If you're new to growing ranunculus google the name of the listed bulbs to get a better idea of what they'll look like, they're not as dense as they look in the pictures. Overall disappointed that most of them didn't take, but I do love the look of them so I can't take off too many stars. I would probably buy again and hope for the best since these are relatively hard to find.

I thoroughly rinse and soaked the corms before presprouting. Then left them in the dark (covered with newspaper) in a colder bathroom. I checked on them after a week and waited to see green before removing the newspaper covers. When they looked dry, I would use a spray bottle to heavily mist the top instead of saturating.After a lot of research, the consensus is root rot is a common demise.It's early February in VA so I can't transplant them now and may have started them early but was excited to see if I could get these to grow.I have already separated some of the ones that shared a pot early on and into bigger pots. My guess is that early will be okay and just means I might have to get them into bigger pots which might be a pain for something kept indoors. Multiple big pots indoors will be taking up more space than I'd like.They also get their daily light requirements by means of an artificial grow light on the natural setting.UPDATE- I started a bit too early with these. While having success presprouting, that only meant i had to keep these alive indoors longer while waiting to go outside. This is where I failed.So, keep in mind- TIMING!Just read a book about planting perennials in the fall so that they can become hardy over winter. My new goal will be to start in the fall.It's challenging for me to keep outdoor plants alive indoors in this old house. No wind, it's dry, and it faces North so all living beings fight for window light here. I'm left with a side yard to share the longest exposure to sun.

The korms were very healthy and plumped up upon soaking. All 10 have sprouted and looking great.

I bought 3 packs of these beautiful flowers & will not buy them again.I followed all the instructions & my plants are all dying.Not one flower & they look like weeds. Out of 30 bulbs I only have 3 that appear to be hanging on so we will see how they do.Edited 1 month later-(They did NOTHING.Went out & had to purchase another $54.00 in New flowers for my garden.)$40.00 worth of plants & only less than a handful is so unacceptable.I wish I could get my money back.I don't recommend anyone buying these bulbs.More than 1/2 of what I received were so small & nothing to them.I only got about maybe 3 bulbs that were nice & plumb even though they come dried out, they were still a nice size. The others were shreaded, nothing to them at all & they did not survive even in my green house.I am extremely disappointed & wish I just went & spend the money on flats, which I had to do now anyway.Could kick myself at this point.I've germinated & grown my own bulbs before so it's not like I didn't know what I was doing.My father, a retired horticulturist told me that I was lucky to get a few.Bulbs were too small & freyed to hold their own.That, coming from a professional.He was right!Waisted money & I'm very upset about the $$$ lost.Only have 1 star.Got an extremely numbered crop.

I'm a very experienced gardener. I started these indoors under grow lights and got good initial growth. I hardened them off in the spring and planted them outdoors in great conditions. Some grew a little, some died off, none produced flowers.