Cyclamen
Mary Sue Ittner (Mon, 20 Mar 2017 19:07:51 PDT)

For me self sowing happens when I don't remove the seeds. Someone said
that ants disperse the seeds. In my Northern California garden Cyclamen
are popping up in places near and far to where original plants occur. I
have lot of different species appearing. Cyclamen repandum is especially
happy and can flower quickly from tiny tubers. I removed a tiny one
starting to flower in a Zantedeschia pot I had moved under cover for the
winter. I'm not sure how it got there. We have moderate summer
temperatures winter and summer, but not plenty of moisture during the
summer. It's very dry here usually starting some time in May until
October and usually no rain at all in July and August. The last couple
of years we could only water 10 minutes twice a week evening or early
morning during the summer and since we have a lot of trees with roots
that go after the water, that amount of water doesn't get the soil wet.
Cyclamen leaves are appearing in places that didn't get any water
(pathways.) So at least here plenty of moisture is not a requirement.

Mary Sue

On 3/20/2017 5:16 PM, Ellen Hornig wrote: