Mary Sue, In cool Sebastopol, I have a potted Cyclamen hederifolium which begins to bloom as early as July sometimes, continuing until September. This hasn't seemed to weaken the tuber. It shares a pot with Asplenium trichomanes, so I never let it get desicated. They seem to do well together, having been in the same pot for about eight years. The plants in the ground tend to wait until later to bloom, though this season, I have a seedling that has been blooming for the past two weeks! (?) I don't grow C. cilicum, so can't respond with particulars on that species. In the garden, two Cyclamen are still in leaf: C. coum and C. alpinum/trochopteranthum (don't you love that species epithet!). I don't usually have them in leaf so late. Both C. repandum and C. creticum have gone deciduous by now. Brook Klehm Sebastopol, California more than 30" of rain each year, but usually (not this season) only from October to April