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Cyclamen coum, generally an outdoor species in milder gardens, must be grown under glass here in New England.
\nIt may survive our winters, but it blooms while it is snowing outside, and heavy, wet snowcover is a condition it hates.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\nI repot my species Cyclamen collected every two or three years. A task, which must be undertaken while the tubers are dormant, which often means during those hottest mid-summer days near the end of July or the first week of August, when the pots are at their most dormant state, hot and dry, under the protection of the glass in the greenhouse. A dirty and dusty job, it is one which must be handled with care as even while these Mediterranean bulbous plants are at their most dormant period, many are already beginning new growth, as some nights have begun to turn cold ( 48\u00ba F last night!), and these tubers cannot seem to wait for Mother Nature to begin their autumn rains and cold nights to start their growing season. This week I had to rush home to repot the entire collection before some species started growing even more ( one was already in bloom with a single flower!). This year, I am discovering some dead tubers, some missing tubers and some tubers so large that….well, see for yourself! Click more below for Cyclamen awesomness!
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Each species, of the 12 species of Cyclamen that I grow, has a distinctive shape or characteristic. Some are
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\nRemember, these are not the common florist cyclamen that we see sold in supermarkets in the winter, those are Cyclamen persicum ( I do grow the wild species of C. persicum, but the hybrid large fancy flowered forms and the dwarf forms are something I tend to not grow, except as disposable pot plants for the Holidays. These are long-lived species forms, which are quite different. Most need to be grown from seed, or obtained from collector nurseries and growers. For more information, you should consider joining the Cyclamen Society<\/a>, a great source for seed.  Plants can be found at Hansen Nursery<\/a>, or  Plant Delights Nursery<\/a>. Excellent growing information as well as a super resource for images and ID is my friend John Lonsdale’s excellent site Edgewood Gardens<\/a>. I will admit that although not difficult to cultivate well, these tender cold-growing cyclamen are best grown in a frost free greenhouse or frost free cold frame. Some growers have had luck with C. rholfsianum as a windowsill plant, however.<\/div>\n
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A Cyclamen hederifolium already starting into growth. With this one, identifying what was up and down, was not
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\nI have many seedling Cyclamen species, and this year, as an experiment, I am planting most of them outdoors, focusing on the hardier species like C. hederifolium. The few that I had planted outdoors a few years ago are doing so well, that I have been encouraged to grow more. I plant them a little deeper outdoors, under trees where the soil will go drier during the hot summer months, or on the shady side of the house, where other growers near me have found to provide near excellent conditions.<\/div>\n

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In just a few weeks, many of these bulbs will look like this.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Cyclamen like a light, porous soil mixture. This year I am using a simple mix of 1\/3 composted bark much, 1\/3 perlite, and 1\/3 peat-based potting mix. Some species such as the Cyclamen graecum had sharp sand added to the mixture.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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C. graecum, a young tuber at 3 years old, shows how this species continues root growth during their summer
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Each species seems to have a unique trait once unearthed. This C. hederifolium has a bottom which is almost smooth.
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Once repotted, many of these tubers, which are sometimes potted near the surface of their pots, are covered with a layer of gravel or chips to help retain soil moisture. This year I potted some bulbs deeper than normal, as
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Here are some images of last years pots as they started to grow. It always surprises me at how fast
\nthese plants come into bloom once they are watered, which for me, will be around Labor Day, or when the
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