Cyclamen 2008

[Tony Willis]

David

I only find that hederifolium and purpurascens have a scent I can detect,both fill the frame on warm days(stupidly I nearly said when the sun warms them up,what sun?) with a very nice fragrant smell.

[ChrisB]

Just the cheap C. persicum is sweetly scented.  I sometimes just stand in front of the display at Homebase and take in the scent ....

[Diane Clement]

Cyclamen cilicium has a lovely spicy sort of scent.  C purpurascens has the best scent of them all. 

[art600]

Cyclamen libanoticum has a foul smell - reminds me of Chemistry lessons when we made acetylene.  However, most female friends think it is quite acceptable.

On a par with Crocus graveolens.

[Oron Peri]

First C. africanum for the season, they appeared quite early this year since I had to give some water this summer.
I find it quite difficult to keep 'clean' strains of this species because of its tendency to hybridize easily with C. hederifolium.

[Gerdk]

Cyclamen hederifolium from today, the first one with Aster amellus

Gerd

[Guff]

Flowers starting to clump up in spots.

[Guff]

The hederifolium are starting to put on a show. Now if I can get a couple hundred coum to flowering size. Started 300-350 coum seeds a couple weeks ago. I only have 1 plant from my first try at coum, they seem more difficult then hederifolium. I also bought some dark purple hederifolium seeds from Jan Bravenboer, and have about 25 germinated so far. Can't wait to see these flower.

http://www.gardenbuddies.com/forum/messages/1133685/1280886.jpg

[Tony Willis]

Whilst I have been away the cyclamen have burst into bloom.Here are a selection of them.
cyclamen intaminatum
 cyclamen cyprium es form
 cyclamen cilicicum
 cyclamen graecum ssp candicum crete
 cyclamen graecum turkey chimera
 cyclamen mirabile
 cyclamen mirabile white pink nose

[art600]

Tony

Excellent plants - very nice cilicium.

May I take this opportunity to publicise the Cyclamen Society Conference on September 21st at the Botanic Gardens Edgbaston.  There is a plant stall.  There is excellent food in the restaurant.  If the sun shines then the gardens make an enjoyable stroll. The Show opens at 11.00

[TC]

A couple of pots of cyclamen flowering in my greenhouse.  I have a lot of plants still reluctant to flower probably due to the cool damp sunless summer.  One plant, in particular, is showing almost no growth.  This is cyclamen mirabile Tilebarn Elizabeth.  It used to flower profusely from September into November.  Last year it produced 4 leaves and no flowers.  The corm is about 10 cms. in diameter and looks healthy but it has not produced any roots.  I checked it again today and all it has is 1 tiny leaf coming up.  It is a mystery to me.
The two pictures are of
Cyclamen hederifolium which is about twenty five years old with the corm about 25 cms. 
The other well flowered on is Cyc. hederifolium I grew from seed.  It was from a silver leaf variety but this one produces much greener leaves than others sown from the same source

[Thomas Huber]

Love your silver leaved hederifolium, Tom!

Some Cycs from my garden:

- cilicicum
- intaminatum, silvery leaved form
- hederifolium 2x

[David Nicholson]

I particularly liked the silver leaf form of Cyclamen intaminatum Thomas.

[Susan]

Wonderful cyclamen, Thomas and Tom.  Lots of seed up here this year, and looks like some good leaf forms.  Yippee.

Susan

[Diane Clement]

May I take this opportunity to publicise the Cyclamen Society Conference on September 21st at the Botanic Gardens Edgbaston.  There is a plant stall.  There is excellent food in the restaurant.  If the sun shines then the gardens make an enjoyable stroll.  The Show opens at 11.

To add a bit more detail to Arthur's posting, The Cyclamen Society Conference and show is at Birmingham Botanical Gardens this Sunday. Click here for details of the venue.
http://www.birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk/home
There is a competitive show and plant sales and also lectures in the afternoon,
Cyclamen Society Members can get free entry to the events and the gardens.  Non Cyclamen Society members can pay the normal entry to the gardens and then get free entry into the Cyclamen Society event.

Click here to see last years show and a taster of this year's event
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=837.0