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Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 02:43 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

A couple of photos of two plants of Cyclamen coum growing outside. The first plant appeared randomly a couple of years ago. It's in the Helleborus croaticus bed and would have had more flowers had the mice not got to them first. The plant looked noticeably worse when I got back from New York in October; the cats had been locked in for almost a week.

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This plant also appeared randomly and grows right on top of a plant of Helleborus occidentalis (from Bedfordshire, UK).

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Tim - Cambridgeshire, Zone "7 "
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Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 03:19 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

They both look pretty good to me Tim. The soil looks moister than I thought would have been good for them, but I guess the drainage is good and and the hellebore is helping to absorb some extra moisture too.

Terryk - NY, Zone "6"
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Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 03:29 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

We've had a decent amount of rain here lately, Terry. C. coum seems at home in soil which doesn't dry out completely during the summer, in fact I have a feeling that coum wouldn't like that kind of treatment outside. The appearance of that hellebore is a perfect demonstration of why I need to change things around here. The site where I collected it from is only 30 or so miles up the road and I would bet my life that none of the plants there would have any growth above ground. It's not until the first week Feb that the occidentalis appear above ground at that site. Anyway, I'm drifting off topic now... :-)

Tim - Cambridgeshire, Zone "7 "
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Posted on Monday, December 31, 2007 - 08:48 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Gorgeous plants - the foliage on the 2nd plant is wonderful.

Galanthophile - Ann (Northern England), Zone "8"
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Posted on Monday, December 31, 2007 - 09:52 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I agree with Ann. Sometimes the best plants are chance seedlings.
A great accident on occidentalis!

Carol23 - Southeastern PA, Zone "6B"
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Posted on Monday, December 31, 2007 - 01:49 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Tim wrote on Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 03:29 pm:

C. coum seems at home in soil which doesn't dry out completely during the summer, in fact I have a feeling that coum wouldn't like that kind of treatment outside.



But not as moist as purpurascens correct? Maybe my coum bed did not make it because in the summer they did not get enough moisture?

Terryk - NY, Zone "6"
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Posted on Monday, December 31, 2007 - 03:48 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

My experience with coum outside Terry, is that it would be more tolerant of conditions suitable for purpurascens (moist year round) than it would be for a species which likes to be more or less dry during the summer.

When did you plant your tubers out, Terry? I like to plant my coum out (if I have the time!) during early autumn when growth is ust about visible on the top of the tuber.

Tim - Cambridgeshire, Zone "7 "
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Posted on Monday, December 31, 2007 - 04:48 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I did it in autumn last year Tim, but don't think they made it through the winter. I just will have to study your gardens well to see what I can do to improve things on this side of the pond.

Terryk - NY, Zone "6"


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