On Thu, 14 Jun 2018 15:02:39 Nick Maclaren wrote:

In article ,
Chris Hogg wrote:

Sounds like cyclamen. My mother had one such in her garden. It was,
for a cyclamen corm, huge, but eventually it developed a rot and died.
See https://ibb.co/dWqU5J with the transparent 12" ruler across the
top for scale.

Yes. Most of them aren't very hardy, not because of the cold but the
winter wet. At least several of them have leaves in spring and autumn,
but in summer only if it is fairly wet, and they flower in spring,
autumn or both.

Thanks, both. Yes, that's more than possible. I do know that my
mother-in-law was fond of cyclamens (the flower border is outside what
was her annex) and it's quite possible that my wife planted it (them?)
out.

I've found a photo of them here and that's exactly what they look like:

https://hardycyclamens.secure.guarde...n-seeds-tubers
..html

I should have paid more attention at the time. Thanks again.

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK