Ranunculaceae - The Flower Year

January

• Early flowering clematis such as Clematis balearica, C. cirrhosa (Jan - March)

February

• Spring adonis - Adonis vernalis (February - March)
• Spring anemone - Anemone blanda (February - April)
• Winter aconite - Eranthis hyemalis (February - March)
• Hepatica - Hepatica nobilis (February - April)

March

• False rue-anemone - Isopyrum thalictroides (March - May)

April

• Rue-anemone - Anemonella thalictroides (April -June)
• Callianthemum coriandifolium (April - June)
• Marsh marigold - Caltha palustris (April - May)
• Clematis alpina (April - May)
• Clematis macropetala (April - May)
• Pasque flower - Pulsatilla vulgaris (April - May)
• New Zealand buttercup - Ranunculus insignis (April - June)

May

• Japanese columbine - Aquilegia flabellata (May - July)
• Meadow rue - Thalictrum aquilegiifolium (May - July)
• Globe flower - Trollius europaeus (May - June)

June

• Red baneberry - Actaea rubra (June - July and berries July - October)
• Larkspur - Consolida ambigua syn. Delphinium consolida (June - August)
• Love-in-a-mist - Nigella damascena (June - August)
• Buttercup - Ranunculus acris (June - August)

July

• Monkshood - Aconitum napellus (July - August)
• Black snakeroot - Actaea ramosa syn. Cimicifuga ramosa (July - August)
• Clematis viticella (July - September)
• Delphinium - Delphinium grandiflorum (July)

August

• Japanese anemone - Anemone hupehensis (August - October)
• Clematis tibetana subsp. vernayi (August - October)

December

• Christmas rose - Helleborus niger (December - March)