Cyclamen

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  1. dymondlil

    dymondlil Gardener

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    Hi everyone! Hoping you can help me out again please.
    I was given two cyclamen plants a year ago and I assumed they were indoor plants......only just realised they can be planted in the garden :doh:
    I took some seeds from the plants back in spring and now have 3 pots of seedlings a few inches high....
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    A couple of questions.....
    1) When can I plant these seedlings out?

    2) The 2 'mother plants' are flowering now......can I plants them in the garden now?

    3)When they die back can I leave them in the garden or do they have to be dug up again and kept inside?

    Thanks in advance:)
     
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    I planted a few out recently and they're doing fine although yours would need to be hardened off first if you've been keeping them indoors. Wait until the frosts have passed next year.
     
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    It depends on the variety of cyclamen whether you can plant them out, or not. I assume the parent plants have not been planted outside so you don't know yet. I would try some of your seedlings outside (after hardening off) and see whether they survive the winter. If they do then you can plant the others out.

    Hardy cyclamen are easy to keep as you rarely need to do anything to them and they are very rewarding.

    We have a cyclamen bed and they have also self-seeded all over the garden. They always flower at least twice a year (last two years it has been three times) and alternate between flowering and having attractive leaves.

    Here is part of our cyclamen bed.

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  4. dymondlil

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    Thanks for your responses. Yes the parent plants have been kept inside and the label doesn't give any info as to the type of cyclamen.:(
    Sorry to be so dumb, but what do you mean by '' hardening off'':cnfs:
    Shiney, I would love to have a cyclamen patch like that, they're such pretty plants........hopefully I'll do as good as you have!
     
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    It means gradually acclimatising the plant to a different temperature. Usually done in the springwith new plants where you put them outdoors on warmer days and then back into the cold frame/greenhouse at night so they gently get used to the change. This time of year you shouldn't need to do it as it is still fairly warm at night - unless you are expecting a cold spell.
     
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    Thanks for the explanation Shiney :thmb:
     
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