Cyclamen 2013

[partisangardener]

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[Mark Griffiths]

a few diferent leaf forms of C.cyprium. I had a lovely sage green one but it is now long gone. these are nice though. The last one has some hederifolium mixed in. Oddly this is the second sowing of C. cyprium from Cyclamen society seed that has got a C.hederifolium cuckoo in the pot.

[krisderaeymaeker]

I had a lovely sage green one but it is now long gone. these are nice though.

Something like this one Mark ?

[WimB]

Some two year old Cyclamen (hederifolium, coum, alpinum, x drydeniae) seedlings showing their true colours 

[SJW]

Some two year old Cyclamen (hederifolium, coum, alpinum, x drydeniae) seedlings showing their true colours 

Wim, it's always good to get that first-year wait out of the way! Are those two pots of hederifolium from the Fairy Rings group/series/strain?

[WimB]

Wim, it's always good to get that first-year wait out of the way! Are those two pots of hederifolium from the Fairy Rings group/series/strain?

That's true, Steve! Those C. hederifoliums are seedlings of 'Tilebarn Greville' and 'Tilebarn Shirley'.

[SJW]

Mark and Kris - some lovely cyprium leaves there. I don't find them the easiest species - young plants are ok, it's keeping them going that I find a bit tricky as they can be quite unforgiving plants if the conditions aren't quite right, in my experience. This one seems a bit more robust compared with others I've killed off, it's been flowering since mid-September.

[Mark Griffiths]

Steve, I find them hugely variable in vigour. When I joined the Cyclamen Society back in the 90s the then secretary (Dr Bent) kindly sent me some cyprium seeds and from just a few seeds I got all sorts of things, some grew quickly and then perished in a decade or so, some I think I still have and are still only an inch or so across.

I find the splash marked leaved type to be more consistently vigorous, in the same way the plain leaved white intaminatum seems to be consistently strong.

[cycnich]

That's true, Steve! Those C. hederifoliums are seedlings of 'Tilebarn Greville' and 'Tilebarn Shirley'.

Looks like you may have got your seed from the same source as Steve. Some lovely plants but none that resemble Greville or Shirley.

[WimB]

Looks like you may have got your seed from the same source as Steve. Some lovely plants but none that resemble Greville or Shirley.

Probably Pat....nothing like those Tilebarns indeed, but I like them anyhow 

[Peppa]

I have been enjoying looking at the pictures of everyone's leaves! To be honest, I'm more interested in the leaf pattern and shape than in the flowers...    Nice flowers are just a bonus for me...

[Naoto The Zombie]

Hi there.

I've just come across the line from the web site of Ashwood Nurseries, which says that pine needles are good mulching for cyclamens......does anyone use pine needles? I've recently finished making a new raised bed in my garden and have planted some c.coums there, but I used ordinary farmhouse manure instead.......any particular reasons for pine needles

P.S. nice collection @Mark and @WimB!

[freddyvl]

Natural variation on an area of ​​only 100 m² in open pine forest !

[John Aipassa]

Several really nice patterns there, Freddy!

[SJW]

I've just come across the line from the web site of Ashwood Nurseries, which says that pine needles are good mulching for cyclamens......does anyone use pine needles? I've recently finished making a new raised bed in my garden and have planted some c.coums there, but I used ordinary farmhouse manure instead.......any particular reasons for pine needles

Naoto - in the wild cyclamen often, but not always, grow around/under pine trees so they would naturally get a mulch of pine needles. In potting mixes people tend to use the term 'pine duff' which is just the well-rotted-down needles you get under mature pine trees. I've used it for potting up, eg purpuracens, mixed with grit, leaf mould, JI compost etc.