Cyclamen Hederifolium

 I have several cyclamen varieties but none quite so invasive as the beautiful autumn flowering Cyclamen Hederifolium. I wouldn't be without them but know your enemy. They seed themselves like cress, whilst the mature corms grow enormous. I have one wedged into a 50cm pot that is impossible to extricate without destroying one or the other. 

I used to grow them in a dark part of the garden. Having cut down the shrubs the area is now much brighter and suitable for a wider range of plants. Finding space between the corms is no easy matter. Hederifolium don't like competition, and that includes the winter flowering coum varieties that are not quite so vigorous.




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  1. Tapioväikemaailm5 March 2023 at 13:30

    Cyclamens are my absolute favourites, but in my garden they are not happy, only one silver-leaved C. hederifolium blooms well. At the same time in some other gardens in Estonia Cyclamens grow very well. So probably I just do not have enough good soil conditions here for them.

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