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Author Message   Jgwoodard  My Garden Posted on Thursday, October 19, 2006 - 10:50 am EST :    I received these dormant tubers as C. hederifolium a few weeks ago. They are just starting to emerge. Jgwoodard - TN, Zone "7"   Terryk  My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Thursday, October 19, 2006 - 11:16 am EST :    How lucky you are, instant gratification. Are you hooked yet? If not the leaves will surely do it when you have them emerge. Terryk - NY, Zone "6"   Geoforce  My Weather Posted on Thursday, October 19, 2006 - 12:42 pm EST :    Joseph, I bought some on eBay last fall, and got 6 little desicated lumps which I thought were going to die for sure. planted in pots, I managed to get 1-2 leaves out of 3 of them and nothing on the other 3 then these leaves died off and I said OK thats all they're dead. This fall 2 of them are now blooming, and 3 others at least show some growth though they are slower coming. 1 tuber just vanished, so I'm 5 out of 6 alive, and these 5 seem to be gaining health. I'll plant them in the garden next year I think. They seem to be rather tough little critters. Geoforce - Pennsylvania, Zone "USDA 7a"   Jgwoodard  My Garden Posted on Thursday, October 19, 2006 - 04:07 pm EST :    Terry, I am hooked on hardy perennial plants, and these certainly fit. :-) I am very pleased with these plants compared to the C. persicum hybrids and cultivars that I see in seasonal plantings along with pansies etc... Before hanging around with you gardenbuddies, that was my perception of Cyclamen. Then seeing Tim's place and C. repandum and C. purpurascens in the wild opened my eyes to them further. Very interesting plants. George, I got 10 of these these from Van Engelen at around $1.60 each, and the tubers were quite large and heavy--about 4-5 inches in diameter. They came from Turkey it seems. I agree they are very tough. I will be trialing many species seedlings in the open garden from spring and a few plants/species this year. Jgwoodard - TN, Zone "7"   Jgwoodard  My Garden Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 02:20 pm EST :    These continue to slowly put out new growth. It is certainly nice to have some activity at this time of year. Jgwoodard - TN, Zone "7"   Geoforce  My Weather Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 02:46 pm EST :    Joseph Your plants seem to really love your site. How do you find the flower uniformity if more have bloomed for you? Of the 2 which bloomed for me, flower size difference really shocked me. One had 15mm petal (I know they're not really petals but a split corolla) length and one had 29mm length. Leaf color was also quite variable. One was a really dark bluish-green which I really loved. Geoforce - Pennsylvania, Zone "USDA 7a"   Jgwoodard  My Garden Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 03:58 pm EST :    George I'm not exactly sure. As you can see from this photo taken today, some plants are much slower in terms of above ground active growth. The flowers and foliage I have seen so far has been relatively uniform by C. hederifolium standards. Jgwoodard - TN, Zone "7"   Tony_willis  Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 04:31 pm EST :    George I put up a thread with a last post onthe 25th September showing the difference in flower size on some of my hederifolium. Usually the flowers are pretty uniform in size being quite large but there can be large variations,the same with the leaves Tony_willis - Lancashire, Zone "7"   Carol23  Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 05:34 pm EST :    It's looking good, Joseph. Carol23 - Southeastern PA, Zone "6B"   Geoforce  My Weather Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 07:50 pm EST :    Yes Tony, that is about the difference I saw in these 2 plants. On the other hand, the 2 had virtually identical leaf shape, color, size, and pattern. The plant with the widely differing leaf color did not bloom this season unfortunately. Geoforce - Pennsylvania, Zone "USDA 7a"

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