That's really important in the flower biz when you're working on orders and are wondering how long the flowers are going to last after you've delivered them and bid them adieu. I gave up including ranunculus in orders unless I was able to get them from a certain vendor in the SF flower Mart because they have been unreliable; meaning they wilt, don't open, and get the bends. Even in a ultra fresh batch a few flower heads will just nod over about 4 inches down from the flower. I don't know of a Viagra equivalent for these flowers at this point, but you can just cut these short and enjoy them in small containers.
We are so lucky to have the Marin County Farmer's Market right down the highway, where several Bay Area flower growers bring their offerings twice a week. Of these growers (all of whom have really nice flowers), Front Porch Farm in Healdsburg https://fpfarm.com/is knocking it out of the ball park with their spring ranunculus, raised by flower grower, Zoe Hitchner. They are fresh, long lasting and come in every color. I buy them every week and really just want to scoop the whole inventory on display and bring them home.
So if you're local, get yourselves down there, ya'll- and don't put them in deep water because they don't like it and the stems will rot. A few inches will do.
One of the wonderful features of ranunculus are their bendy, wonky stems, hidden in more dense arrangements. To hold these up I used "pin frogs, heavy metal discs covered with metal pins (where did my pin frog picture go?) that support the flowers inserted on the pins.
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