Cyclamen 2009

[Paul T]

Thomas,

Fascinating Cyclamen coum with it's almost all silver/pewter with the tiny dark strip down the centre.  Nice!

[Thomas Huber]

(you can see the conditions I'm talking about in my Alpine garden New beginnings thread, updated today, in General, Alpines)
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3952.0

Robin, my seeds should do well under that pine tree. I had so much this year that it's worth a try in every case.

Paul, I havn't noticed the dark stripe until I posted the photo of my silver leaves.
After checking the plant I can say it looks much better in the "wild" 

By the way, my arrow leaves were not sown in 2007 (noted wrong in my plant list) but in 2006.

[johnw]

An old C. graecum still in flower. It had been barerooted and re-potted last year and didn't miss a beat.

johnw

[Ragged Robin]

Wow, John, how wonderful to see such flowering from an oldie - how many years?   

[johnw]

Wow, John, how wonderful to see such flowering from an oldie - how many years?  

Robin - I grew that graecum from the Cyclamen Society Exchange in 1985.  I must say I'm glad you asked because I shocked myself with the date and that it survived some of the awful soil mixes I concocted back then.

You're certainly up late!

johnw

[Guff]

Thanks everyone.

Robin, drainage is the key. I use leaf compost and sand. I remove soil at least 6 inches down and replace with compost/sand mix. I then raise the bed at least 3 inches or more above the surface of the ground. I did a test bed with straight leaf compost, and they seem happy so far.

The Dark Purple Hederifolium flower I posted a few pages back set seed, now another flower is about to open. This one looks like it's going to be even darker.

[Ragged Robin]

John and guff, wonderful success stories, I'm so pleased for both of you 

The C. leaves are very special -  your dark purple C. hederifolium is such a fantastic colour with that leaf, Guff, happy collecting!

[TC]

Two pictures of C. Hed. in flower taken today.  The plant was raised from Cyclamen Society seed about 6 years ago and seems to have grown twice as fast as any other from the same batch of silver leaved form.  Last year the plants leaves were apple green coloured - maybe something to do with feeding.  This year they appear more true to form

[David Nicholson]

Lovely pot full Tom.

[Hans A.]

Great C. hederifolium, Tom!

Here C. cilicicum and C. graecum var. album.

[TC]

I am envious of those who can flower graecum.  I have had 3 corms for 12 years and have only managed to get them to flower once.  They produce wonderfully marked leaves but do not want to flower.  I think that Scotland is a bit too far North for reliable flowering

[David Nicholson]

Tom, so am I! Diane Clements had some useful information on growing Cyclamen graecum in one of her Diaries on the AGS Site. See
http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/diaries/Midland/+August+/222/

[BULBISSIME]

Hans, great white form of C. graecum, and nice leaves in the background 
In France, this species flowers very freely and is long time lasting.
Here is a small one just growing now.

[Gerry Webster]

I am envious of those who can flower graecum.  I have had 3 corms for 12 years and have only managed to get them to flower once.  They produce wonderfully marked leaves but do not want to flower.  I think that Scotland is a bit too far North for reliable flowering

Tom - grow fritillaries instead. All the best frits come from Scotland - that is indisputable.

[Melvyn Jope]

Foliage on Cyclamen is beginning to look good now. Even the transient red colouring on Cyclamen mirabile is hanging on. The first photo is C. mirabile Tile Barn Anne the second C.mirabile Tile Barn Nicholas.