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Ranunculus aquatilis - Water Crowfoot

Ranunculus aquatilis - Water Crowfoot

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  • Approximate height: Mature leaves float on the water surface with flowers held slightly above 
  • Recommended water depth over crown of plant: 15 - 60cm (6 - 24 inches)
  • Flowering time: Late April/May to June
  • Flower colour: White
  • Supplied loose and bare root: one portion contains ten stems. For best results we recommend potting on using a 1 litre pot.

​Undoubtedly one of our prettiest native oxygenators, this attractive plant produces two types of leaves - submerged foliage with very finely cut feathery leaves, and then in late spring/early summer floating three-lobed leaves are produced as the plant flowers. (If grown in very shallow water it can even produce a third kind of foliage - delicate upright stems above the water surface). When in flower and viewed from a distance the water looks like it's been dusted with snow. Very pretty. And the flowering season is surprisingly long - around six weeks of blooms.  Its only drawback is that the foliage dies back and disappears for the summer after it has flowered. It will then re-grow in the fine feathery form in mid to late autumn as temperatures cool.

We see quite a lot of plants advertised under this name which are actually the flowing-water Ranunculus species - they have fine, hair-like, underwater foliage at all times of the year. This is the true still-water species, which has floating leaves when flowering. 

Stock is limited as demand for this plant is exceptionally high. 

You will receive loose stems of this plant, freshly cut. We recommend that you pot these stems in a pot of around 1 litre capacity, in normal aquatic soil, planting them about one inch deep into it. They will then root into this soil. We do not supply them wrapped in a lead weight, because the pressure of the lead crushes the delicate stems, and also because most people do not want lead permanently in their pond. We would recommend having no more than 6 - 8 inches of water over the soil at first - once the plant is bigger it can be put deeper if desired. (House bricks or pots filled with gravel can be used to raise plants to the required level).

If designing a planting scheme, we recommend approximately 1 Ranunculus aquatilis plant per square foot of water surface or per linear foot of pond edge. Read more here on how to pot and care for your plant.