On 2009-11-19 23:19:05 +0000, "mark" said:


"K" wrote in message
...
mark writes
Is there an easy way to tell if a cyclamen is hardy or non-hardy without
the
frost-test.
I've recently planted up 20 in large pots.

If it's large, it's indoor only.

If it's small:
If it's just labelled 'cyclamen', it probably will not survive the winter
outside, although they can survive quite a long time in the middle of
cities in the S of England. Similarly if you bought them in a bedding
plant-style pack of 6.

If it's labelled 'Cyclamen hederifolium' or 'Cyclamen coum', it's hardy.



Oh dear!

No labels.
Some came from a car boot, 4/£3
The rest from a plant auction, held every Monday.
Some have quite small flowers, the rest slightly bigger flowers. The large
plants with large flowers, I didn't get, as they were going for £1.50 each,
way too pricey
for me!

If you do a Google image search on the species Kay mentioned, you might
get an idea from the leaves and flowers there. It sounds as if you've
bought garden ones if the flowers are small.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

In article ,
Sacha wrote:

If you do a Google image search on the species Kay mentioned, you might
get an idea from the leaves and flowers there. It sounds as if you've
bought garden ones if the flowers are small.

Small flowered C. persica ones are quite common, too, and those are
the ones that are NOT hardy.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

writes
In article ,
Sacha wrote:

If you do a Google image search on the species Kay mentioned, you might
get an idea from the leaves and flowers there. It sounds as if you've
bought garden ones if the flowers are small.

Small flowered C. persica ones are quite common, too, and those are
the ones that are NOT hardy.

Yes, that's what my best guess would be. They're all over the garden
centres a this time of year as they make good early winter container
plants, but where I am they die off as it gets really cold and wet
during january. In London they seem to survive all winter in
windowboxes.
--
Kay

On 2009-11-20 11:29:18 +0000, said:

In article ,
Sacha wrote:

If you do a Google image search on the species Kay mentioned, you might
get an idea from the leaves and flowers there. It sounds as if you've
bought garden ones if the flowers are small.

Small flowered C. persica ones are quite common, too, and those are
the ones that are NOT hardy.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Very good point, Nick. The image search might help to pin that down.
--
Sacha