Re: [Alpine-l] Cyclamen
Have you counted the number of flowers on one of these monsters? They are growing in St Paul, Oregon, between Portland and Salem. Diane Whitehead Victoria B.C. Canada On 2014-12-24, at 7:49 AM, occidentale wrote: I don't want to brag but we have C. hederifolium corms as big as dinner plates ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
Re: [Alpine-l] Cyclamen
I think gardeners need a modestly-sized backhoe. I've had some of my plants transplanted by a local backhoe operator who works with amazing delicacy and precision. Of course, that's not to say I would be so successful if I had a small machine. Maybe I just need to keep hiring the big one. Diane On 2014-12-24, at 1:47 PM, Youngs Aberdeen wrote: hederifolium 56cm in circumference . It flowered for another twenty years before we foolishly tried to move it again. What a mistake to make - we felt awful - plant murderers! ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
Re: [Alpine-l] Cyclamen
I was stunned by the size of the Cyclamen bulbs. I thought my four-inch bulbs were enormous. Oddly, though, the blooms seemed not to be comparatively larger. How strange! You would not expect them to get larger, just more numerous. Look at some of the AGS show plants by Google(ing) AGS Cyclamen greacum, and images. The thing that always fools me is how they are made to flower in nice neat evenly spaced circles when my plants in pots insist on the flower stems running to the pot edge and then rising. Maybe with age it will happen; if I can wait that long. My larger greacum are in pots tight against a south facing wall but will be moved under glass if we get a real winter. Not tried them in the ground proper in this garden yet. Don't really have a nice warm flower bed against a wall. An ancient wild form persicum has survived in a pot outside for some years but lost its cental growing point. Brian Whyer, Buckinghamshire, England, zone ~8 ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
Re: [Alpine-l] Cyclamen
A friend found hederifolium corms as big as saucers in old gardens here. I haven’t had much success with graecum, though, in or out of pots. Diane Whitehead Victoria British Columbia, Canada On Dec 23, 2014, at 9:44 AM, johnsone...@aol.com wrote: I was stunned by the size of the Cyclamen bulbs. I thought my four-inch bulbs were enormous. ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
Re: [Alpine-l] Cyclamen
Incidentally, I planted my bulbs about an inch underground, but they move to the surface and are easily seen with about half the bulb above ground. All of my cyclamen do the same thing. I figure they know what they want better than I do. I usually plant them that way, with just the lower half in the ground. I knew cyclamen tubers could get big, but not that big Bob ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
