Cyclamen 2019

[David Nicholson]

Cyclamen pseudibericum from seed sown August 2014.

[Roma]

Nice one, David

A few of mine

Cyclamen libanoticum  parent plant and offspring
Cyclamen pseudibericum
Cyclamen persicum  an old Wye College cultivar.  I still have 2 grown from seed many years ago with pure white flowers and beautifully patterned leaves

[David Nicholson]

From the garden Cyclamen repandum. The accompanying blossom is from Pieris 'Valley Valentine'.

[Carolyn]

David,
Nice combination with the fallen pieris blossom.
Now, a question: I have grown cyclamen repandum from seed with a view to planting it out in the garden. Do you find that it needs the protection of the evergreen pieris above it? Or would it be OK in a more open spot? I have been debating where to plant mine....

[David Nicholson]

Carolyn, they do seem to like it under the Pieris. Killerton House just outside Exeter has whole swathes of repandum mainly under the protection of taller trees. I would have thought you would get away with just light shade. It's not often I get plant placing right first time and I have to say it was pure guesswork!

[Maggi Young]

I would think that the cyclamen appreciate the  nearby shrub to take up  any excess  wet.

[Claire Cockcroft]

I agree, Maggi.  One clump of repandum in my garden thrives in the middle of Zauschneria garrettii, producing a lot of seedlings.  I don't know how it manages, but it does.
...Claire

[ashley]

Repandum seeds around a bit here too in grass away from shrubs/trees so tolerates moisture in open ground.

[SJW]

Repandum seeds around a bit here too in grass away from shrubs/trees so tolerates moisture in open ground.

Here they are, naturalised in a fairly open position at Brodsworth Hall, Yorkshire: http://www.picturesofengland.com/England/South_Yorkshire/Brodsworth/Brodsworth_Hall/pictures/1046422

[Carolyn]

Thank you, everyone, some useful observations. If repandum can survive the rain in Cork, it will be OK here too! What a lovely patch of flowers at Brodsworth Hall, something to aspire to.

[fermi de Sousa]

Pleased to see that two seedlings of Cyclamen graecum are old enough to flower ("mum" in the background)
cheers
fermi

[Yann]

 Cyclamen creticum from seeds i collected in 2016 and sown end of summer

[Roma]

Looking good just now -

Cyclamen rhodium ssp. peloponnesiacum
Cyclamen repandum
Cyclamen rhodium ssp. vividum

[Pauli]

Fantastic! 

[fermi de Sousa]

A few Cyclamen mirabile ex 'Tilebarn Nicholas' in flower now in the shade-house
cheers
fermi