Cyclamen help

When I first started to bring my new garden to life, I discovered a bunch of gnarly, old cyclamen corms. I replanted them and as things evolved, they got moved around. I'm "fairly sure" that they are at last where they will stay.

Their flowering period just don't seem to agree with "the book".
Most of them keep a few leaves all year round, but start to come into full growth around July. They are now in full bloom. and will continue till around May.
This is a pic just taken. Sorry for quality, but it's taken from the window, as Gabriel is merrily tickling the angels.

Does anyone have any idea as to species?

 

They look like the ones sold buy garden centres as pot plants, so probably hybrids.

 

Hi pete
I have to admit, I have them logged as C.persicum (Florists' Cyclamen), for want of anything better.
I accept that they are almost certainly cultivars, but C. persicum is supposed to be NOT hardy. These are outdoors and totally ignore any frosts we get. Last winter I recorded -4C several times.
C. coum is hardy, but flowers at the wrong time. All the other Cyclamens seem to be none hardy and flower at the wrong time, as well.
They don't appear to have read the instruction manual, on how and when they are supposed to to grow and flower.
There are dozens of seedlings popping up everywhere they have been. They have only been at the base of the Salix for about 3 months, but even here there are LOTS of seedlings.
Do I have a new strain of invasive Cyclamen, ready to take over the world?

 

I think, and no expert by any means, that persicum are those large flowered ones that you get, these are a smaller version often sold as autumn bedding plants, but not intended to survive in most places, as you are mild down there I'm guessing they are naturalising.

That kind never makes it through the winter around here, possibly in costal areas.

 

Those are definitely C. persicum. They will take temps down to about 5c before really suffering, especially in a sunny well drained spot. There are newer varieties which are hardier after a frost hardy form was found in Lebanon a few years back.

 

Hi Palustris
Interesting.
Strange that no sellers mention anything about these hardier forms. Do you have any more info on them?

 

It was mentioned in the Cyclamen Society magazine a few years back. Sadly I no longer have access to that body of information.

 

Thanks. That's the way the cookie crumbles.

 

Sorry, but those do not look like C. persicum to me. They look more lik C. hederifolium.

 

And very long lived too.