Cyclamen question
Brook Klehm (Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:42:41 PDT)

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