Ranunculus, Double Creeping Buttercup, Popcorn Plant 'Pleniflorus'

I have been growing this plant in my yards for over 35 years in Northern California. While it is a fast grower, it is not invasive, is ea...Read Moresily controlled. Perhaps in wetland areas it could be problematic, but not in other areas.
I love it and have it activly growing and blooming in my yard tiday, 5/19/2018

My mother gave me this plant. It does spread, but not uncontrollably. Flowers are graceful, it blooms for a long period, and the leaves are nice.

I've spent much time trying to rid both lawn and beds of the parent species. A noxious weed of lawns and gardens and an invasive species ...Read Moredestructive of natural areas, it's on the Massachusetts prohibited plant list, which makes the sale, trade, transport, and planting of this species illegal. Runners root at every node.

Poisonous to grazing animals, and the juice contains a vesicant that can cause blistering on contact.

This plant destroys other plants not only through competition for resources but also by producing allelopathic chemicals, toxins that inhibit the growth of or kill a wide range of other plants.

I have had this plant several years. Grown in full sun surrounding a bird bath. It does tend to spread by the roots system but not that h...Read Moreard to keep under control. The plant is lovely green and the flowers are a nice bright yellow and last for a time. I didn't realize all parts of the plant were poisonous until I read about the plant on this web site. Just keep in control by digging up the runners. I haven't had much trouble with the watering either, live in Missouri, drought last year did some watering but not that much and it looks great this year!