Cyclamen in the National Collection

[Lesley Cox]

Pat, if I may digress, would you care to put a picture of your little dogs (to the left of your post) on the My pets..... thread. They look delightful. Please?

[Melvyn Jope]

A bit of a mix Gerry, some sold off, some given away and the some retained as a private collection.

[bulborum]

So Peter doesn't have plants in pots any more
just in the garden

all his nice daffodils and so are gone ??

[art600]

I've been looking for a plant with leaves like Tilebarn Shirley for a while, and Tilebarn Nursery has now closed. I'd be very interested in a plant or seeds if anyone has any available, for sale or swap. Please email or PM me if you have.

Seed from Tilebarn Shirley and its sister Tilebarn greville will almost certainly be on the Cyclamen society seed list this year. Why not join the society.

As the Membership Secretary I am waiting for the anticipated rush to join 

[Jo]

Hey, nice pictures Mark   

As Arthur says join the Cyclamen Society and you have access to a wonderful seed exchange, great shows and meetings and extra specially good trips to see Cyclamen and associated species growing in their natural habitats   

And membership is really cheap too, isn't it Arthur,  I can't remember but less than a tenner I think


I visited Tilebarn for the last time last September and as always found plenty to buy even though the benches were much emptier than usual.  I asked Peter about how true Tb Shirley and Tb Greville came from seed and he said about 70 %.  So when sowing seeds from a seed exchange great care needs to be taken in selecting out only the best seedlings, ie , true to type.  as with any seed strain cultivar.

[mark smyth]

Thanks.

I cant see a link of the Cyclamen Society web site about joining the group

[mark smyth]

£10 to join http://www.cyclamen.org/membfm.htm

Payment would so easy using Paypals donate now button. This would be useful for everyone around the world. No matter what country the person is in they can choose to pay £10.

[Roma]

Can anyone tell me what Cyclamen hederifolium 'Tilebarn Helena' looks like?  I got seed from the AGS seedex this year.  When I followed the link in the online seed list I got the notice that Tilebarn nursery had closed so was no wiser but ordered it anyway.  I had seen pics of a Tilebarn hederifolium with a green leaf with a light centre (Shirley) but didn't remember the name at the time.

I've been thinking for a while it would be a good idea to have a database with pictures of different cultivars of Cyclamen species.  It is hard when faced with a seed list to remember what they all look like even if I have seen pictures or a good description.  Again as Jo says not all seedlings will be true and unless I am sure I do not pass on seed with a cultivar name but some people will pass on seed assuming it must be true because the seeds were so named on the packet.

(Arthur, I am a long time member of the Cyclamen Society)

[David Nicholson]

Roma,

See John Finch's pic here:-

http://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=6063.0

[Roma]

Thanks David.  You have a much better memory than me.  What are the leaves like?

[ronm]

mmmm. database. Now there's an idea

[bulborum]

Cyclamen hed. Tile Barn Helena
Picture taken at the nursery from Peter

Roland

[Roma]

Thanks, Roland.  Looks nice.  I must look for Tilebarn Shirley on the Cyclamen Society seed list this year.  I did not take any seed this year as I have too many plants and too little space to grow on seedlings till I decide what to keep and what to take to plant sales.  But there's always another I can't resist.

[Lesley Cox]

The only (cultivar) named cyclamen I grow from seed is C. hed. 'Bowles' Apollo' and it does come about 60-70% true from seed. The others are nice but nothing special so are just planted/sold as Cyc. hederifolium.

[cycnich]

Pat, if I may digress, would you care to put a picture of your little dogs (to the left of your post) on the My pets..... thread. They look delightful. Please?

I will post some over the weekend, bear with me, Pat