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For those who can grow them, I highly recommend Cyclamen hederifolium....this one has been in bloom since Sept. 12 and shows little sign of stopping. There were no leaves at first but now all the leaves have emerged adding to the display.

Hi Todd,
I think I could grow this here but I'm wondering how it would fare in my clay soil (quite heavy). So if I'm reading this correctly, the blooms appeared before the leaves? That's different.
I think I'll have to check about getting seeds for this plant for next year's autumn garden.

Thank you for the idea,
Erynne

Good morning
I just got a plant of C.hederifloium and 2 plants of C.coum
I have C.hederifolium growing in my garden up in the NC mountains.
They are native and grow wild in Israel where I lived for several years.There is a children's song that says "under a rock blooming beautifully is the pleasing cyclamen".

Erynne, I suggest you get a bulb...seeds take up to a year to germinate and then another 3-4 to reach blooming size. Beaver Creek Greenhouse in BC offers many different species of Cyclamen. For Zone 5 you could try C. hederifolium, coum and purpurascens. Hederifolium blooms before the leaves in mid-September then continues while the leaves develop. The leaves remain all winter and until about July when the plant goes dormant. Coum produces leaves in the fall but flowers in the spring. Purpuracens blooms in August-October with leaves and is nearly evergreen yearround.

Many thanks for your informative response Todd!. A bulb it is.

Erynne