Cyclamen 2011

[goofy]

first Cyclamens are flowering in the garden:

Cyclamen coum 'T.B. BSBE 1'



Cyclamen coum white flower



Cyclamen coum 'Maurice Dryden'



enjoy

[Hans A.]

Beautiful Cyclamen coums!

Here some from Spain:
Cyclamen peloponnesiacum subsp. vividum.jpg
Cyclamen pseudibericum 1.jpg
Cyclamen persicum.jpg

[Alisdair]

We thought our cyclamen here in England were looking good, , until we got out to Israel. Here a week or so ago Oron took us to this pinewood not far from Haifa, absolutely packed with C. persicum, deliciously scented: .
There were some splendid leaf forms there, too: .
And elsewhere we saw interesting companion plants, too - this was Bellevalia flexuosa: .

[Carlo]

Interesting to see Hans' photos from Spain. A few years ago I was at Iberflora in Valencia. The displays of C.persicum grown in Galicia were INCREDIBLE. Gorgeous plants with amazing flowers. Haven't seen anything close to them on this side of the puddle.

[Guff]

Thanks everyone.

Very happy with the bed, when the crocus clump up and fill in it's going to be amazing. The bed will be expanded another 12-15 ft x 9 ft this summer, have 500+ coum seedlings growing in basement. Some already have buds.

Bitter cold and snow returned the other day.

A couple short videos on Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/user/GUFFCyclamen?feature=mhum

[fermi de Sousa]

Three colour forms of Cyclamen graecum growing in the rock garden.
cheers
fermi

[Regelian]

Nice, Fermi,
I've not managed to keep graecum alive, probably too wet.  Lovely leaves.

While I'm at it, what Cyclamen are particularly good for rockeries.  Mine is very dry, onco conditions, as we are pretty wet in Cologne.  Should one create slightly more fertile niches for these cyclamen?

[Paul T]

Some beautiful mass displays of Cyclamen everyone.

Here, like Fermi, I've got graecum in flower, plus intaminatum, hederifolium, mirabile and purpurascens.  There are also buds appearing on persicum.  Nothing like the wonderful displays shown here though. 

[David Nicholson]

Two seed grown and flowering for the first time:-

Cyclamen rhodium ssp vividum (I think?)

ex C. rhodium ssp peloponnesiacum 'Pelops'

[Guff]

Coum and crocus mixed bed.

[Natalia]

Today blossomed in my garden Cyclamen ...
 Cyclamen kuznetzovii is an isolated population of Cyclamen coum.

[johnw]

Guff - I just viewed your marvellous patch of Cyclamen coum.  Some nice variation in leaf and flower, I especially like those rosy red ones prominent in video 2.  Are these coums causcasicums?  I marvel as they seem very difficult here in coastal Nova Scotia and not hardy long term. Are you in a milder area of NY State?

johnw

[Guff]

John thanks.

As far as I know they are just coum. If I'm out taking pictures I will see if I can get a closeup.

I'm in zone 4-5.

Nice warm and sunny day yesterday.

1-6 Coum and crocus bed

[johnw]

Guff -   Thanks again. Zone 4-5, really?  We are supposed to be Zone 6 here. Last year's low was -15.5c (4.1F) but we frequently have long stretches of ice-covered ground and I think coum hates that.

Ah, that's the raspberry red one in the last shot in the right fore corner.

johnw

[Alex]

Possibly the least dramatic of the genus - C. parviflorum