Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical garden #63, 0 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
I thought all Cyclamen were the same, just that they did better in some areas than others. I guess some are hardier than others: http://www.cyclamen.org/indexCS.html I think all of the plants seen in garden centers down here actually come from wholesale nurseries in the southern part of the state. Some grown out in the fields and others forced into bloom in greenhouse settings. I don't know anything about Cyclamen but thought they only did well in cooler temperatures so wouldn't survive long here. I too love Syngoniums. I have the solid green stuff growing outside my screen room. Dumb me planted a piece years ago and it takes over an area quickly here in Fla. This photo shows it growing up the screen ... it attaches itself to the screen and climbs all the way to the roof. You can see in this photo the holes in the screen from where I ripped it down ... it grew up and attached to the roof! My husband has had to replace that screen a few times over the years! It's just impossible to keep Syngonium contained if it's in the ground. This photo was taken last year before I pulled most of it out but I bet when the weather warms I find it sprouting again as usual!

I don't know about anyone else but it's fine with me if you post photo's of Annual's, Perennials, whatever. Hey, I posted a picture of a bird or two! I love looking at everyone's pictures!