The flower buds of the florist’s cyclamen I’ve been mentioning in recent posts were becoming paler, so I decided that it was time to get the plant outside and into the sunlight. After checking the weather report, I put the plant outside last night to take advantage of the next few days of clement weather. This morning at about 6:30 A.M. I went out to check the cyclamen. It looked fine. Then I noticed that there was a thin sheet of ice on the water in its saucer. Several other containers on the deck had sheets of ice, too. It’s now nearly 11 A.M. and the plant still looks fine. Evidently even when in full bloom these plants can take a light, brief frost without harm. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone 7 My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/