cyclamen hederifolium flowering in july!

[pontus]

Hello Everyone,

this year, my cyclamen hederifolium 'red sky' in the ground started flowering at the end of june! i now have 2 corms in full bloom! usually these dont start flowering untill late august/early september. The corms in pots are all starting to show buds...why is this? could it be because of the strange alternating cold and warm weather we have had lately? i even have some ordinary hederiflorum showing buds alrady....very strange...

my cyclamen purpurascens has started flowering as usual now, but that is normal here....

Pontus

[Gerry Webster]

C. hederifolium in the open garden is coming into flower here - about 2-3 weeks early. I presume this is a consequence of the very wet summer.

[bulborum]

This Cyclamen hederifolium flowers sins three weeks
I planted it under a Rosmarinus officinalis Prostratus
a place what he likes together with Gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus

the bad thing
the Rosmarinus officinalis Prostratus almost died last winter
it's regrowing a little
but probably I have to renew the plant

Roland

[Diane Clement]

Cyclamen hederifolium is always early in my garden, I think it is because my garden is mainly damp and shady.  I can usually calculate the first flower by the following method: After a heavy rainstorm at the end of June, I count 10 days and the first C hederifolium will be in flower within a couple of days.  This year my method failed as the whole of June was heavy rainstorms.  They actually started a bit later this year than usual here, first flower was on 12 July. 

[Carlo]

I suspect Diane's hit it. Rain is signaling the end of dormancy--regardless of temperature or the month of the year.

[Palustris]

Had a look after reading this and there are 2 in flower. these are in shade, but the ones in more sunnier spots are doing nothing, yet.