Pink flushed hederifolium

[cycnich]

I had a bit of spare time today in between jobs so I called into a garden centre. In amongst several hundred hederifolium I found these two plants. They are a little tatty and were sodden and in very poor compost. I thought they had potential and decided to rescue them. If I can nurse them long enough to get them into some decent compost they should make nice plants. What do you think ?.

[dee_b]

I think.....what a lucky find!

It'll be interesting to see how these develop, once you've changed the compost. You'll have to post photos of the plants again next autumn Pat...for us to see their progress. How strange that the labels are C. neapolitanum and C. hederifolium, yet the logo on them is the same.

I always wonder why the garden centre staff don't 'snap these up'......but maybe there's no-one there who is a cyclamen enthusiast....to your advantage. Presumably, these are imported from Holland, so you never know...there could be others circulating around the country! Now where's my nearest garden centre? lol!

[roys]

Very nice Pat. I do like them.

I have seen similar hederifolium at a garden centre. In fact I thought I bought one. They had silvered leaves with a "beetroot" flush but not so pronounced. I wonder if the colder weather influences this?

Since seeing your post I've had a look and can I find it? No. Probably under the snow in the front garden.

Certainly worth the effort to keep growing on. I bet they will make very attractive plants.
As Dee says, keep us posted on their progress...

[cycnich]

Originally Posted by dee_b Presumably, these are imported from Holland

Yes you could be right, I seem to remember Jan posted pictures of similar plants.

[monocotman]

Hi there,
Lovely plants with a very nice pink flush but unless I'm mistaken both plants look like coums, not hederifoliums. The leaves look far too circular for hederifolium.
But still well worth keeping. Try sowing some seed from them if you can - you could end up with some nice seedlings with even deeper colours,
David

Originally Posted by monocotman Lovely plants with a very nice pink flush but unless I'm mistaken both plants look like coums, not hederifoliums. The leaves look far too circular for hederifolium. But still well worth keeping. Try sowing some seed from them if you can - you could end up with some nice seedlings with even deeper colours,

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[cycnich]

Originally Posted by monocotman but unless I'm mistaken both plants look like coums, not hederifoliums.

Yes they could be mistaken for coum by the shape but they are 100% hederifolium. Hederifolium comes in all shapes and sizes even orbicular as the following herbarium sheets from Zakinthos illustrate.

[Kniphofia]

I saw these at my local garden centre recently. They were labeled as C neapolitanum.

[dee_b]

Sue....you found them too! Did you buy any?

Was it a national garden centre...which may have a branch in my area?

The name C. neapolitanum is the 'old' name for C. hederifolium....strange the garden centres are still using that name....perhaps they bought a 'job lot' of labels...so they've got to use them. lol! (It has the same logo as Pat's plants- seems like that wholesaler has travelled the length of the country!)

[Jan Bravenboer]

Originally Posted by cycnich Yes you could be right, I seem to remember Jan posted pictures of similar plants.

Indeed, I found four of them last year, probably more this summer. I saw thousands of plants with the same leaf pattern, however only a few have this purple centre. The plants show their purple pink colour not in the beginning, the colour is stronger in October. I will search for some plants and bring them to the sales tables in Wisley the end of October. I will sow the seeds in March, how will the seedlings look like