My father, a retired nurseryman, had a bed of self- perpetuating
common pink ornamental cyclamen growing in full sun on the east
side of his house in Pismo Beach, which I realize is a lot cooler
than Encinitas, even though coastal. They quickly declined after
his death, probably eaten by the hoards of snails and slugs on the
coast or other insects such as the equally common earwigs in Pismo
Beach. Here in Placerville, I grow the fall blooming species
cyclamen which thrives in the summer drought and is not bothered by
the occasional winter hard freeze, in spite of being leafed out in
its growing phase.
John Longanecker
Placerville, Ca
Zone 7 banana belt; 2240'

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