Cyclamen 2009

[Gerry Webster]

[quote author=Tony Willis link=topic=2893.msg70538#msg70538 date=1232467779
I think that after 40 years in cultivation with numerous generations raised to still attribute a plant to a collection is not a good idea.
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Tony - in most cases I would agree with this. Peter Moore at Tile Barn describes his plants as "derived from 'BSBE 518'" and since he  selects the seedlings he distributes under this description to be fairly uniform I think it is a reasonable one.

[Tony Willis]

Gerry
not an unreasonable comment. I was trying to avoid causing offence to Peter Moore,he runs a wonderful nursery and I have had some smashing plants from him in the past when I have visited.

[Jo]

Yes, Peter Moore manages to produce wonderful cultivars, ( I love C hederifolium ' Tilebarn Greville ' ) but the seed exchange is quite different, most of the seed I guess is open pollinated.

[Maggi Young]

C hederifolium ' Tilebarn Greville '

This is not one I'm familiar with, Jo.... any chance of a photo, or a link?

[Jo]

Here it is, Tilebarn Greville, at Tilebarn last September, Its the leaves I love.  He also has Tilebarn 'Shirley' , same leaf, white flowers.

[Maggi Young]

Oh, VERY nice!  Thanks, Jo.

[Oron Peri]

The Town where I live, Tivon is famous for its Cyclamen persicum [which is its symbole as well],
The cyclamen grow every where and some old gardens are literally carpeted with them like this entrance.

[Jo]

Wow Oron,   what an absolutely beautiful site. Are they scented as well ?

[akoen]

Oh..... what a beautiful sight.

[Gerdk]

Just lovely - it seems you never have a real winter!

Gerd

[Oron Peri]

thanks all.

Jo they are scented, and quite nicely.

Gerd, this is C. persicum's normal time of bloom, but unfortunately you are right, we are having a terrible drought that last for the fifth year allready.
 So far we had only 9 rainy days this winter,
And we are not allowed to water our gardens any more.

[Gerdk]

Gerd, this is C. persicum's normal time of bloom, but unfortunately you are right, we are having a terrible drought that last for the fifth year allready.
 So far we had only 9 rainy days this winter,
And we are not allowed to water our gardens any more.

Oron,
It seems you combine winter and sufficient rain - here in the north winter means too much rain, cold and hardly any flowers.
Although there is much told of the lack of water in southern countries (Spain for instance) I was not aware of that Israel was also affected.
Nevertheless I am envious about your display of Cyclamen persicum.

Gerd

[Maggi Young]

Sorry to hear you have water restrictions, Oron, as do the Australian members, too.
Wonderful though that these plants can still look so beautiful. These drifts of Cyclamen persicum are a delight ...... Ian thought he could almost smell them!

[ashley]

Oron, those persicum are magnificent

I wonder if anyone else's Cyclamen coum BSBE form 1 looks like this. It has pure silver/pewter leaves, and flat flowers. 

Here's my BSBE Form 1, a bit tatty from outdoor living.
Cyclamen elegans from CS seedex 2005

[David Nicholson]

Here's a pic of a small patch of fairly typical Cyclamen coum in my bulb bed but my question really relates to the leaves of some Cyclamen hederifolium on the left hand side of the picture and to wether these should be described as pewter or silver. I see that in the post above Ashley has covered his options by describing the leaves of his coum as pewter/silver. How does one distinguish between pewter and silver??