Bulbs: cyclamen question, 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
They like Heucheras too, I have dug out loads from the ground, the plants grow again but until you pull a crown and it comes off you don't know. I had some eating a rhododendron under the oak tree, I went out very late at night and got them (I think), I think I have more predators around now too, frogs and toads might eat them and I have lots of them now.

I had two really nice azaleas in the same place, Hino Crimson and Madame van Hecke which was smothered in flowers. I looked out the window one windy day to see one blowing across the garden, the other was hanging by a thread! The stems looked chewed and black on the outside and very dry, I thought at the time it was because they had been grown in peat, many plants give up from that, but it was possibly vine weevils, or both. Sedum in pots I grew from cuttings got eaten too, fuchsias are a favourite although they tend to like some varieties more than others.

Now I check all the fuchsias from spring, the tug test to see if they are loose. I think I only found 2 that hatched this year, the tell tale sign is irregularly chewed new leaves.

I took this pot out of the garage to take a pic, it's now outside but will be better in the greenhouse with some protection. They seem to flower best in a cool room at about 16C, there are two large corms and some smaller ones, grown 5 years ago, I only transplanted them this year. Some germinated in later years, others just get pushed out and a couple take over but they should be the toughest. They have lots of flowers making so I should find somewhere inside to enjoy them after all this! The leaves are big and stems lanky when the corms get bigger, not grown under controlled conditions.