Persian buttercup · León de los Aldama, Guanajuato, Mexico
When to sow persian buttercups in León de los Aldama
Main outdoor window
31 Oct - 14 Nov
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
17 January
In León de los Aldama, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
1 Apr - 30 Jun
If you plant at the start of the window.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in León de los Aldama
Each window is a range, not a single day. Earlier in the range buys you a longer season; later in it buys you a safer one.
Plant the corms
31 Oct - 14 Nov
Four to six weeks before your first frost, so roots form before the ground cools.
In flower
1 Apr - 30 Jun
Persian buttercups through the year
Against the frost risk in León de los Aldama
Why these dates
Where winters stay above about -7C, plant in autumn for spring flowers - this gives much the better crop. In colder gardens, start the corms indoors in late winter and plant out around the last frost, or grow them in a cold frame. Soak the claws for three or four hours before planting, points downward, 5cm deep.
Hardy only to about -7C, so autumn planting is limited to zone 8 and warmer. The foliage takes a light frost; a hard one kills the plant. It also stops flowering in real heat, so a hot spring simply ends the season early.
Persian buttercups are anchored to the first autumn frost rather than the last spring one, so the planting window on this page counts backwards from the end of the season in León de los Aldama instead of forwards from its start.
Hardiness is not the obstacle here. León de los Aldama is zone 10a, comfortably inside the range this crop is rated for, so an established plant should come through an average winter without protection.
The median frost-free season here is 329 days, against 90 to 120 days to first flower for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.
Also in León de los Aldama
Other flowers to time
Growing persian buttercups in León de los Aldama
When should I plant persian buttercups in León de los Aldama?
Aim for 31 Oct - 14 Nov in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 9-23 Oct - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will persian buttercups be ready to harvest in León de los Aldama?
Expect to start picking around 1 Apr - 30 Jun, based on 90 to 120 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will persian buttercups tolerate?
Hardy only to about -7C, so autumn planting is limited to zone 8 and warmer. The foliage takes a light frost; a hard one kills the plant. It also stops flowering in real heat, so a hot spring simply ends the season early.