What's blooming now

Ina Crossley klazina1@gmail.com
Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:30:23 PDT
Actually when I bought it all it said was Cyclamen Mix, so yes, it is 
likely to be the Cyclamen Persicum.  I must put the name label with it 
as it is not the first time I have made that mistake.  Thanks Peter.

Ina

On 29/08/2011 4:36 a.m., Alberto Castillo wrote:
> And in C. persicum sp. there are forms with leves that strikingly resemble hederifolium and graecum.
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>> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:25:41 +0100
>> From: petersirises@gmail.com
>> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
>> Subject: Re: [pbs] What's blooming now
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>> your climate seems very benign Ina, and your garden looks lovely and full of
>> flowers. are you sure the Cyclamen is hederafolium though? it looks very
>> like persicum to me, look at the nose of the flowers where the petals
>> seperate and compare with other pictures.
>> I think there was a very old mix up between the names which resulted in the
>> wrong plant being pictured on china , copied from wrongly labled botanical
>> drawings.
>> In a mild enough climate it may flower through out the year but C
>> hederafolium usually flowers now in the northern hemisphere.
>> Peter (UK)
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