Shade Gardening: cyclamen, 2 by Weerobin

Weerobin wrote:
I wanted to show my cyclamen. I think they're great plants which people often overlook.
They have a 'contrary' cycle, which means they're just coming to life now.
Bare stems arise seemingly out of nowhere with the white or pink blooms.
The foliage will come up even later in the fall and will persist thru winter,
before going dormant in the spring.
It's so nice to see something popping freshly into bloom now,
when the season is otherwise getting a little bedraggled.
They like to be dry in winter, easily accomplished by planting at base of thirsty shrubs or trees.
Mine are at the base of a red maple which has a really dense superficial root system.
They're small in stature; mine are planted right by the front door, so I can't miss them.
You can see how many flowering stems there are; very floriferous.