fig buttercup
Ranunculus ficaria
RHS Plants for Pollinators
USDA zones4 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to wet soil
Size3 to 9 inches tall6 to 12 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Creeping
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Fig buttercup (Ranunculus ficaria) is a perennial for ground cover, naturalized areas, and pollinator gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It blooms with yellow flowers from early to late spring, and bees visit them. It creeps and grows at a rapid rate, so give it room to spread.
Pairs well with Big bluestem, Carnaval De Nice tulip, and Common milkweed.
Native range
Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, Africa, and 11 more places. See all 15
Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, Africa, Baleares, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Kriti, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Sardegna, Sicilia, and Türkiye.