Michelle – Landscapia

Thank you, I did not know about those sources. I bought the seeds from Chiltern, and got my information from the Cyclamen society. Now I know to plant them a little deeper.

thank you for the photos of what is happening in your greenhouse. yum.
too many cyclamen NOT! wish i was a more exacting gardener and could be trusted with seed of rarer forms, but i am too offhand and negligent. one red mini florist's cyclamen from the supermarket has been a champ at seeding itself around in my 'winter garden' for years, but i cannot claim any credit; i just pot them up when i find them!
was at logee's last week looking for citrus and camellias and found things fairly well picked over, credit for which must be due in part to your enthusiastic support!
a friend alerted me some time back that seneca hills nursery would be closing, and luckily i was able to buy a small but nice collection of hardy forms with lovely leaf patterns from her. they are all doing well outside under big oaks, with one hederifolium in particular seeding itself thickly. as you say, thank you, ants!

all best,
~ 02568

Thanks Helen. I grow most of the species, but have little experience raising them from seed, aside from C. purpurescens, C. graecum, C. Persicum and of course, C. herderifolium. I would suggest checking out the Scottish Rock Gardening Club website and Ian Young's Bulblog, or John Lonsdale's website, Edgewood Gardens. Both Ian and John supplied much of my knowledge bank, as well as seed from the SRGC and NARGS. John sells plants as well. You may already know about all of these sources of course, but if not, they are the premier destinations for cyclamen enthusiasts. I have not had much luck in raising C. intaminatum or C. rohlfsianum from seed, but perhaps the seed was old. Fresh seed would be best, and I rarely get seed set on those two species.