While you can certainly enjoy their fragrance and beauty throughout the summer when the flowers are in full bloom, it doesn't have to end there. You can plant freesia bulbs ( aka corms) in pots ...

Find out if ranunculus are perennials where you live, and how to protect the corms from winter cold. Ritu Vincent / Getty Images Although somewhat challenging to grow, ranunculus flowers are ...

Winter temperatures are the main limiting factor because ranunculus corms cannot withstand being frozen. If your soil freezes at all, basically in Zone 7 and colder, your ranunculus won’t survive.