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As mentioned before, after reading Janis Ruksans' account of Cyclamen kuznetzovii and its superior hardiness I have been chasing it down. Janis mentioned Sahins had it so I wrote to them. Unfortunately all of their stock plants was sold!As Cyclamen coum is not reliably hardy here I thought this was a very important species to get for Nova Scotia. We have tried Ellen Hornig's hardy strain of coum without long term success. I often wonder how she tested for cold hardiness when she is in the snowbelt of New York State.With luck I got seed from the Cyclamen Society a couple of months ago. Now this seed may be crossed with tender coums but it is better than nothing, Two seeds of about 30 or more have sprouted in the last month. They are plain green, which is fine by me. Janis mentions his kuznetzovii seed took several years to sprout.I'm wondering if any forumists are growing kuznetzovii and/or have seen photos of this species' leaves or flowers?Hopefully pure kuznetzovii will appear in the future.johnw
JohnI grew it several years ago - the leaves were plain green.
Sorry, Forget to note that author of pictures is Dmitriy Zubov from Ukraina (he is on third picture here). All maid in nature, in Crimea.Janis
About 1900 m