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Author Message   Tim  Posted on Sunday, November 07, 2004 - 10:38 am EST :    These photos were taken at the recent show held at RHS Wisley. The first is C. graecum subsp. candicum. This plant picked up two trophies. The second plant is an extremely dark flowered form of C. cilicium. Third plant is C. rohlfsianum. Isn't that leaf fantastic? The fourth plant is one of my own. It's C. hederifolium grown from seed I collected in May 2001 from the northwest corner of the Greek island Corfu. The fifth plant is also my own. It's a completely silver leaved form of C. purpurascens. Tim Cambridgeshire UK Zone 7   Susanq  My Favorite Photo My Garden Journal My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Sunday, November 07, 2004 - 11:24 am EST :    What beauties. I hope you picked up some trophies too - your plants are wonderful. SusanQ - Zone 4b-5b Wisconsin   Valia  My Favorite Photo My Garden Journal My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Sunday, November 07, 2004 - 11:26 am EST :    Beautiful photos. Thanks, Tim. And I think the leaf on your hederifolium is just as fantastic as the one above. Anne, Washington State, Zone 5   Terryk  Posted on Sunday, November 07, 2004 - 12:31 pm EST :    Thanks for the pictures, they are all wonderful. As you can imagine they are of special interest to me. I now know what some of my little seedlings (thanks to your generosity) should grow into. Terry Terryk - NY, Zone "6"   Kniphofia  My Favorite Photo My Weather My Garden Posted on Sunday, November 07, 2004 - 03:09 pm EST :    What a treat! Some real treasures there. Sue Central Maine Zone 4   Gardenfiend  My Weather Posted on Sunday, November 07, 2004 - 04:29 pm EST :    Fantastic! How does one get plants to grow so perfectly? Mara Germany zone 6-7   Frostycurls  My Garden Journal My Weather My Garden Posted on Sunday, November 07, 2004 - 09:18 pm EST :    Everyone of them is gorgeous. Penny Oregon Zone 7   Wanda  My Garden Journal My Weather Posted on Sunday, November 07, 2004 - 10:06 pm EST :    Those are beauties! I've never seen a completely silver leaved variety before. Very interesting. Wanda - ca, Zone "zone 10, sunset 16"   Greybeard  My Garden Posted on Monday, November 08, 2004 - 12:31 am EST :    Lovely plants and pictures. One of my favorites especially for length of flowering. I was given one in August in full bloom and its still going strong now with many more buds forming. That silver leaf one is certainly different and with a beautifully coloured flower. Terry UK zone 9   Gardenbug  Posted on Monday, November 08, 2004 - 04:55 am EST :    I have been growing cyclamen seed this year once again, but this time I seem to have quite a few silver leaved seedlings. I had never seen these before. The foliage in all your photos is marvelous. I love studying the patterns on my seedlings. Now if only I knew how to get the plants to mature like yours... Gardenbug Ontario zone 4b/5b   Galanthophile  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Monday, November 08, 2004 - 06:38 am EST :    Wow with a capital W! Thanks so much for showing these. When I went to the Ponteland show last month I think my favourite plants were C. graecum subsp. candicum and rohlfsianum so I am especially pleased to see varieties again. To be able to exhibit at all must be such a thrill.Your plants are beautiful. Thanks for posting these! Galanthophile - Ann (Northern England), Zone "8"   Katie  Posted on Monday, November 08, 2004 - 12:59 pm EST :    Lovely! Katie - Northern California, Zone "8"   David_b  My Weather Posted on Monday, November 08, 2004 - 10:00 pm EST :    Be still my beating heart! Wish I could have come, and I AM coming to one of these fall shows. I have been to 2 of the winter shows in February which opened my eyes to the magic of the species cyclamen. The plants seen in real life are even more amazing than in Tim's wonderful photos. Tim, your 2 plants are beautiful, and also beautifully shown. The pure silver C. purpurascens is fantastic. Can you give us some pointers on growing C. rohlfsianum? The tubers I have gotten, a couple, have not grown well or as easily as the other cyclamen. Is there a trick to this one, or something I am likely doing wrong? David Michigan zone 5b-6a   Clary  My Favorite Photo Posted on Monday, November 08, 2004 - 10:07 pm EST :    Wow Tim ! I've never given Cyclamen a lot of attention...Don't know why. But after seeing these...Wow...they're gorgeous. I especially like the first one and your silver leaved form is outstanding. Clary/Heather-California Zone 9   Terryk  Posted on Tuesday, November 09, 2004 - 06:18 am EST :    Ah, it seems Tim has hooked a few more people on cyclamen! David, have you explored the cyclamen web site (I am sure you have). In case anyone is interested, here it is http://www.cyclamen.org If you decide to grow from seed, I found Tim's method much simpler so do not be put off by these postings on the cyclamen web site. If anyone would be interested I could try to put Tim's e-mails together and post. Perhaps, Tim you have something written up already on this fact? Last, could it be we need a separate forum on cyclamen? Terryk - NY, Zone "6"   Tim  Posted on Tuesday, November 09, 2004 - 04:10 pm EST :    Hi Guys, Well, I never expected the cyclamen to make such an impression. Mara, many of us who exhibit cyclamen grow a huge quantity of plants so what we turn up at the shows with does to some extent, give a false impression of our growing skills! Out of some 200 stock/show plants, I might have only half a dozen which I feel are show worthy. The rest are perfectly good plants, just not ones I think would win a first. Also, all of my cyclamen are grown in pots in the glasshouse, where I can control their growing conditions. C. rohlfsianum can be tricky David. It's important to remember that the treatment of a cyclamen tuber during its dormancy is as important as its treatment when it's in active growth. C. rohlfsianum really needs to be dried off during summer. Say, last watering early May, nothing during the summer and then water the pot thoroughly late August/early September and DON'T water again until you see flowers or foliage. Too much water, too early, will lead to too much foliage which will hide the flowers. The silver leaf C. purpurascens is a pain - always sets masses of seed and then decides to abort most of the pods a month or so before maturity! This plant is four years old now. Terry, I'm happy for you to post or email anything I've sent to you if anybody is really that interested. The cyclamen are really coming into their own now, so I will post photos of anything worthy of the forum. Watch this space! Tim Cambridgeshire UK Zone 7   Lindablond  Posted on Friday, November 19, 2004 - 10:49 pm EST :    Oh my my my Tim ... those are simply wonderful!!! Linda Vancouver, Canada Zone 8

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