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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: Gerry Webster on July 27, 2008, 07:50:24 PM
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It seems that Autumn is upon us. The first flower has just appeared on C. mirabile (in a pot). This is always the first into flower but never previously this early. Also a couple of flowers on C. hederifolium in the garden.
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We also have a couple of flowers on C. hederifolium album in the garden. Very early
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Some newly arrived cyclamen spent 10 days in a cool garage here before placement in the greenhouse. Some of these have made precocious growth. I think the sudden temperature drop (they came from an unshaded greenhouse) triggered the early start. Both C graecum and C colchicum have flowers.
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Following the early start from C.mirabile, I now have 2 pots of C.graecum coming into flower - about 4 weeks earlier than normal. Bizarrely, some other pots of the same species still have leaves present, admittedly rather yellow. Over the weekend we visited Parham Park (in Sussex) where lots of C. hederifolium were in flower.
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Some white C. hederifolium are just beginning here in Aberdeen andthe C. purpurascens are just super at the moment.... the scent is so good, too :D
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1st flower on my white hederifolium here in Northumberland today
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1st flower on my white hederifolium here in Northumberland today
Odd that, eh? No sign of the pink ones yet.
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1st flower on my white hederifolium here in Northumberland today
Odd that, eh? No sign of the pink ones yet.
The white ones always start before the pink ones here.
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I wonder why?
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'tis odd..... don't think it is usually the white ones here, though..... will confer with the BD tomorrow... memory is not what is was so can't trust my own recollection... better to ask the Boss :-[ :-X :-\
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I have only pink hederifolium, and it has started to flower 3 weeks ago! Now is in full bloom (I should make a pic, but I have a lot to do after 2 weeks away ::))
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And my persicums flowered all summer like crazy! I wasn't be able to stop watering, because they had many leaves and buds which looked quite sad if the compost dried. One of them, which is a seedling, is beautifully scented. It is now in our cool bedroom with much light, and the 6 flowers fulfill the room with their scent. But only in the morning. At night has no scent at all :o.
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Hello. Kata, we missed you... have you been on holiday? Good break away, I hope?
Funny about the cyclamen persicum scenting in the morning... most things scent more in the evening or mid-day when they get warm.... yes, it's strange.... :-\
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White/pink
In 2008 our first hederifolium out was white followed by several pink ones with more white to come yet. Bit like a jam sandwich!
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Pictures pretty please !!!
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pix of C. purpurascens in this Bulb Log, Joakim....http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/log2008/300708/log.html
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Cyclamen graecum subsp. anatolicum. From seed collected on Monte Smith, Rhodes
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very nice. My graecums bought two years ago for the discussion weekend are in Cyclamen heaven
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In my garden I only have white hederifoliums in flower, also, but also have cilicium, intaminatum and what is supposed to be africanum
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You may recall Tony Goode posting a thread for a friend who wanted a good home for his Cyclamen graecum and mirabile.
I volunteered to take some of the excellent plants and am delighted with the results. In addition to the potted plants, Trevor gave me 20 plants that had grown in the plunge, and I have subsequently harvested 40 plants from the pots - mainly mirabile with excellent pink-flushed leaves.
Shown below are some shots of the collection. 118 shows some of the harvested plants awaiting potting.
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Three more shots:-
120 - Cyclamen mirabile
121 - this shows the size of one of the harvested plants
122 - another harvested plant. This was growing under :o the graecum and I only become aware of it once the flower emerged. The pot is 5"
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Such fun, Art; you not only have given these plants a good new home, you have also had the pleasure of finding all these hidden treasures, too... what could be nicer?
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Art - these Cyclamen are lovely. I find the forms of C. mirabile with pink-flushed leaves difficult to grow well.
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Having just joined the local group of the AGS (not joined the AGS though!) I went to my first meeting last night. A very interesting talk given by Alan Furness on crevice gardens. Managed to win the raffle as well, here's a pic of my prize-Cyclamen intaminatum
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If only I could get that many flowers on mine!
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Congratulations with your trophy David !
Very nice Cyc.
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You will be giving the lecture next, David! :)
Why this reluctance to join the A.G.S.? The Bulletins are excellent. One can't be a member of too many alpine societies - I'm certain that David Sellars (and I) would be keen to recruit you (and any other forum regulars) to the ranks of the Garden Club of British Columbia as well!
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I'm certain that David Sellars (and I) would be keen to recruit you (and any other forum regulars) to the ranks of the Garden Club of British Columbia as well!
Cliff
Please explain the benefits to me and other Forumists.
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I'm certain that David Sellars (and I) would be keen to recruit you (and any other forum regulars) to the ranks of the Garden Club of British Columbia as well!
Cliff
Please explain the benefits to me and other Forumists.
I will let this friendly alpine club speak for itself by using their own promotional material. The seed exchange is exceptional for the size of the club and the Bulletins are always a pleasure to read.
Alpine Garden Club of B.C.
Membership Benefits
The Bulletin is published four times a year with information on club activities and articles on a wide range of aspects of plants in the wild and in cultivation.
The Seed Exchange is an exchange of seeds collected by our members worldwide in cultivation and in the wild.
Approximately 1500 varieties, many rare, are published in the seed list in November, from which non-donors are entitled to 30 packets of seeds and donors to 60 packets of seeds, with priority given to donors.
The Club subscribes to seed collecting expeditions to mountain regions overseas. Further seeds are for sale at meetings, particularly early in the year.
http://www.agc-bc.ca/
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Cliff
I am now a member :)
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.......... and I am now a Member of the AGS.
Were you ever a recruiting sergeant Cliff? ;D
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Wow! How do you spell commission?
Welcome Arthur ... I hope you enjoy!
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... And welcome to the A.G.S. young David...!
Would you both like to join the East Lancashire Group? I know, I'm pushing my luck! :D
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Maggi -
There seem to be two threads running on cyclamen, one in 'Bulbs General' & the other in 'Flowers & Foliage Now'. Perhaps these should be merged? While cyclamen are, strictly speaking, not bulbs, they are conventionally regarded as such & it is under 'Bulbs' where I would expect to find cyclamen posts. In fact it was only by chance that I've just discovered the thread under 'Flowers & Foliage Now'.
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Ah, Gerry, thanks for this note... that had escaped me.....yes, I believe you are correct, it might be more sensible to move these topics to bulbs... I'll tootle off and do that very thing!
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You've got me hooked too Cliff, into the Alpine Club of BC. Been a member of AGS since 1961, before you were born! ;D