I was delighted recently to have my first rohlfsianum flower slowly unfurl over a period of several days. It has been in bloom for perhaps a week, has expanded...
Herschel Hardin
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Sep 14, 2009 10:17 pm
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Hello, All! and Robin. First and foremost, I grow cyclamen because I like the "simple", fairly heavy-textured flowers. But I am facinated by all the...
I recently received the Cyclamen Society journal with information regarding the seed exchange. The directions specifically stated that all seed must be true to...
Robin Hansen
Robin@...
Jul 17, 2009 2:47 am
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Dear members of the cyclamem group, I've settled three tubers of C. balearicum in my garden three years ago. I am living in the Netherlands and the winters are...
Bernd Lehmann
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May 7, 2009 6:28 pm
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You shouldn't water it until the surface is dry and 10 feet from a window is way too far unless you have a plant light of some sort. Yellow leaves are often...
Robin Hansen
Robin@...
Mar 20, 2009 5:58 am
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I just bought a cyclamen from Home Depot. It has been very beautiful, and still has nice violet petals, but I'm noticing now leaves lower down, turning yellow....
Hello, Diane! Ain't you lucky!!! Probably not a hybrid, but a new version of forma alba, or whatever the botanists are calling it these days [albiflorum?]. One...
I would be grateful for any thoughts or comments on a cyclamen I found in flower yesterday. It was in a pot of mixed Cyclamen coum seedlings. It has a pure...
hi, if it is a simple recessive gene then; 1. isolate your first generation pale pinks 2. Cross them back with the white one..or amongst themselves..the...
Dear Mr. Mittal, I believe that, as in many mammals, white is a recessive gene which might be a reason that you are having problems getting white progeny from...
I HAVE POTTED PLANTS ONLY WHICH SO FAR I KNOW SHOULD BE PERSICUM. MY PROBLEM IS THAT I CAN NOT GET THE SEEDS OF WHITE FLOWERED PLAN TO PRODUCE SEEDS WHICH...
Hello,  In response to your request for seeds of white cyclamen. What species are you referring to?  Charlotte Jacobson Belgium ... From: Gourishanker...
I have many cyclamen plants and they give flowers in feb-april everyyear. The climate in Darjeeling in winter is zero to four degrees celsius and in summer...
Hello from Australia to Wendy, Cyclamen are normally grown from seed. The Cyclamen Society Website has all the necessary information. And a bit more....
Hello, I bought some lovely cyclamen and I would like to make some more from the existing plants. Please would you tell me how to do this Wendy D'Arcy Rice, ...
Russ and Judith, Thanks for your comments. They're very helpful. I wouldn't have thought to make an effort to keep the walnut leaves off, but would have been...
Robin Hansen
Robin@...
Mar 3, 2009 3:08 am
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Because of the higher humidity where I live, and in spite of the dry summers, I have lots of moss on tubers. It has never been of itself phytotoxic. However,...
Robin Hansen
Robin@...
Mar 3, 2009 3:04 am
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Hi All.Has anyone had experience with moss covering cyclamen tubers? Does it cause damage to the tuber and if so what can I use to remove It? I manually...
Robin, I think you got great advice from Judith. I agree that it does depend on a variety of "factors". If the Cyclamen goes into amended soil or not, if the...
Judith gives a great answer here, but I would add that you should recommend that your customer be sure to remove all the walnut leaves in the fall. Walnuts...
hello everybody, May I know how can I propagate the plants, I have many plants of persicum variety and I am unable to get the seeds of white variety.. Every...
Robin, Walnut trees are allelopathic plants - that is, they produce a toxin (called juglone) which adversely effects surrounding plants. This allows the...
Judith Adam
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Feb 28, 2009 4:03 pm
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Hello, A customer has just asked if I know whether it is safe to plant cyclamen under walnut trees. I'm clueless, so I thought I'd see if anyone has any...
Robin Hansen
Robin@...
Feb 28, 2009 3:35 pm
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Dear Russ, I am a very old-fashioned compost-maker [incidentally, I once did a subject (as a teenager) called "Soil Science" as part of a Horticulture...
Don, Please tell us a bit more about your compost and the "process". I just attended a presentation on compost by a "graduate" soil scientist and he commented...
Hello, All!!!!! I've just worked out how to upload this! Cyclamen colchicum flowered for me on New Year's Day here in South Australia. Temperatures in the high...
Very nice coloring. I do not have any blooms in the cold greenhouse but have seedlings from NARGS blooming under lights now. One little coum blooming outside...
Hal or Nancy Robinson
robyn82@...
Jan 25, 2009 10:19 pm
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Marcia: I didn't go myself but a colleague in Germany went and passed along some seeds. It took about three years to flower. As a side note it was grown...
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