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Growing Ranunculus in the Pajaro Valley
If you garden down in the Pajaro Valley around Watsonville, you have some of the best flower ground in the county under your feet. Commercial cut-flower fields thrive on these rich valley soils, and ranunculus is right at home here with a little attention to drainage and frost po
Growing Ranunculus in the Santa Cruz Coastal Fog Belt
If you garden in the cool, gray-morning strip right along the coast, from the West Side of Santa Cruz out toward Davenport and along the marine-influenced flats, this is your good news page. The fog belt is genuine flower-farm country, and ranunculus is one of the crops it grows
Growing Ranunculus in the Santa Cruz Banana Belt
If you garden in the county's warm sunny pocket, the hill belts above the fog around Soquel, Aptos, and the sunnier side of Santa Cruz, ranunculus is a good and rewarding crop here, with one small adjustment for your extra warmth.