Cyclamen 2009

[Melvyn Jope]

Hello Axel, thanks for showing the Cyclamen hederifolium at Lago di Bolsena, always interesting to see the varying leaf shapes from different locations.

[partisangardener]

Thank you Thomas Huber for your pictures of the C.repandum. I found just one repandum flowering in October (wrong time though). It had the darker colour like in your picture and no little ears at the flowermouth (?) like the C. hederifolium. It distinctly looked like yours.
Another mystery solved. Unluckily the only picture I took was blurred.
But now I know what they look like thanks 

[Melvyn Jope]

Three Cyclamen species in flower today.

C. persicum ssp autumnale from seed I collected at Duma Junction Israel in February 1990.
( I think not as good as yours Oron !)
C. colchicum, I am only just getting used to what this and the next species like when trying to grow them in pots, its all to do with the amount of water, copious amounts in warmer weather.

C.purpurascens, a form with good colour flowers.

[cycnich]

Nice to see the Persicum, I bet that brings back a few memories of the trip to Israel.

[Tony Willis]

Melvyn

nice to see the C. colchicum. Mine flowered in July but they are probably easier here in my (I was going to say moist) sopping wet climate. Only a couple of inches of rain today.

[Gerdk]

Melvyn

nice to see the C. colchicum. Mine flowered in July but they are probably easier here in my (I was going to say moist) sopping wet climate. Only a couple of inches of rain today.

My Cyclamen colchicum flowered just the same time like yours - without enjoying your wet conditions, Tony.
Melvyn - where are you? Anywhere around the arctic circle? 
Excellent C. persicum - my one and only plant doesn't well!

Gerd
Gerd

[Melvyn Jope]

Hello Gerd,
It felt close to the Arctic Circle when I was out walking our dog this afternoon!,
actually my home is very near the RHS gardens at Wisley in SE England so I guess growing conditions/climate not a lot different from yours in Solingen.

[cohan]

Fantastic Hans... i feel like a proud father...

Staying with C. persicum, here are some good leaf forms.

I named the silvery center 'Persian Beauty' which is allready in commerce by Jan Bravenboer.

The curly one named 'Begonia Leaf'.

Both originated in the wild.

these are beautiful! and make me a little confused about the rather humdrum forms most common in commerce whey sell the boring ones when nature provides such excellent material? now i am more sure than ever that i 'need' some cyclamen seed to grow indoors...lol

[Paul T]

Melvyn,

That persicum ssp autumnale is excellent.  Elegant flowers and good leaves.  Great combination.

[krisderaeymaeker]

I was happy to find this Cyclamen cilicium few years ago in a Dutch nursery.
Now it is very happy in my rockgarden.
In the past ciliciums always struggle for life in our garden.But they show me were they want to grow.
Seedlings germinate on a spot they like and that spot was between rocks and in crevices.
Now they do very well in the rockgarden ........     

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Looks very nice Kris !
I didn't think C. cilicium could survide outside here !

[art600]

Luc

Cyclamen cilicium is reliably hardy in most gardens.  You should try it.

[Sinchets]

Luc

Cyclamen cilicium is reliably hardy in most gardens.  You should try it.

Indeed, it has been flowering here now for over a month 

[Melvyn Jope]

Very attractive and unusual leaf Kris, I like the faint pink blush as well as the pattern.

[Joakim B]

Kris very nice congratulation and well done.
Is the rock garden protected from above by a tree or similar or do the cyclamen get rain on-top of them directly?

Maybe most has seen it already but here in the seed part of the forum is described how to sow seeds of Cyclamen
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4584.0
Kind regards
Joakim