Last autumn I put some pretty scarlet cyclamen (persica types) around my
reddish cordyline in a pot, and they looked a treat. This year, the tubers
have rotted away :~(. Also this year, oddles of little cyclamen seedlings
have appeared like mustard and cress around the base of the cordyline :~)).
Deeply chuffed! Too young for flowers, of course, but lots of fun for the
future.

Incidentally, I have also grown the hardy types - C. hederifoium and
C.coum - from seed (intentionally, rather than by accident!) with great
success. I have a terrific C.hederifolium with truly gorgeous leaves, and
the tuber is now the size of a small saucer. Masses of flower. I can
recommend it most enthusiastically to anyone who loves cyclamen, but resents
the cost of a flowering-size tuber. Fresh seed is best, but I started with
bought dried seed, so it is do-able.

Spider