I bought a bunch of anemone & ranunculus corms for fall planting, beautiful varieties! I also bought the expensive Italian ranunculus. I've been so excited to plant them for gorgeous blooms this spring but ended up so busy I haven't had time to plant them until just the other day- in February!!! :( :( has anyone succeeded planting them this late & still had blooms?? I'm in Florida & our day temps are already heating up. I'm sick to my stomach for planting them so late! I tried finding info on the web about planting them in spring but this info pertains to ppl who garden in northern climates like TN, KY & further north. I'm just not sure they'll bloom for me being in zone 9. I don't think they require chill but I know they do better during cooler weather. I'm so disappointed in myself! I know they'll come up next year but that's so far away :( anyone planted them this late with success ??

It is definitely lesser celandine. Removing the flowers won't help much since it spreads predominantly by tubercles rather than seed. You are very lucky it hasn't taken over your garden. It's all over mine, which incidentally is damp and clayey. It is ephemeral and will disappear come summer. As Carol says it's now Ficaria verna, not a Ranunculus.

They might just lie dormant until it's cool enough to start growing. Hopefully they won't rot in the pots. I would not water and wait until fall to check for growth before watering again.

Hello! Last year, I attempted to save my 2021 ranunculus corms for 2022, but failed miserably. I followed all recommendations from my county extension and other online sources to a T. I did the following steps: 1) Waited until the foliage died back 2) Snipped off the stems 3) Rinsed them meticulously with a hose to get any dirt/debris off 4) Separated the corms, as many had quadrupled in size (but only the ones that gave easily, because I did not want to introduce any wounds in the corms) 5) Dried them in the hot Kansas sun for at least 2 days 6) When they were indeed dry as a bone, I sprinkled powdered sulfur to keep disease at bay 5) Kept them in a cool spot in the basement until the following spring I also bought new corms for 2022 just to compare the performance. This early spring, when I presprouted them, I was dismayed too see that despite my efforts, about 90% of last year's corms did not sprout. When I turned out the soil to plant the ones that did come up, I was even more dismayed to see that the majority of last year's corms had rotted! Not a single of the new (2022) corms had rotted. I had read that many farmers do not save corms because they don't typically come back as strongly as newly-purchased corms (and it just isn't worth the effort to do so), but I didn't think that the corms would have just plain rotted. Has anyone had experience successfully saving corms? Any ideas as to why the majority of the corms would have rotted? Did I miss a step? Should I have not rinsed them? Thank you advance for your help!