Yes. They do get very large with age. If they are relocated to a better situation they may well grow again properly. I have had the same thing with some of ours.

Agree with Owdb. if they were in a border smothered with other plants/weeds they may well not have flowered - or he might and you just didn't see them! Remember the tops of the tubers should be just above ground level when you replant and they much prefer somewhere shady - though some of our self seeded ones seem to do fine in, what passes for, full sun in our neck of the woods!

I would stay with your original plan. Remember, there is a reason you wanted to clear the border. Sometimes these old tubers run out of steam and don't do very much. They aren't very expensive either. I'd would work in a couple inches of compost and continue on with creating a new border - chuck those old tubers.

Why Bathgate? They can be resighted in the garden and will continue to grow and flower... I, personally, don't like this attitude of 'chuck it' cyclamen live for a very long time and just need the right conditions to flower! We've got cyclamen tubers the size of dinner plates in the garden doing fine and, if you look at the size of the show bench ones they are even bigger. Don't chuck something out just because you are revamping a border!

You can try to figure out why they haven't done anything for a couple years and realize they may never do anything. Run a hospice for wayward plants? Not very appealing. Maybe resighting would work-if you want to wait around another couple years to find out. Maybe not. They're only $2.99 at my local supermarket down the street.

Now towards the end of the growing season, you can pick up some amazing bargains at most garden centers. New Plants! Healthy plants! That's my preference.

Mg, the tubers don't produce "CRAP." They are in full bloom, but your advice is another story.

I agree with Owdboggy - sizeable tubers are definitely worth replanting. Because the flowers are close to the ground, if the border was overgrown, as Moon Grower says, they either couldn't flower or did, but you never noticed them in amongst everything else. Easy to forget them over time, and yes, they do prefer a shady spot. I relocated some I found in a client's overgrown garden two years ago, not so big as a saucer but not far off, and the leaves on them have been very attractive in a very shady area where little else grows, with some flowers, not sure how many flowers, I only go there once every 4-6 weeks. Must have been a fair number, judging by the 'corkscrews' they leave behind them that carries the seed.

"Sizable Tubers" are not "Easy to forget" if they actually bloomed as they ought. How can you miss that? Even Helen Keller would have been able to at least smell them IF they bloomed as they ought. I wouldn't waste time trying and hoping to restore them except maybe for a science project.

I know Mg is mad as a hornet at me and I'm not trying to be rude or disrespectful. Do you value your time? I still suggest for a few dollars start with strong healthy stock that will give you years and years of enjoyment without wishing & hoping & praying & saying "well, maybe next year...next time..another year down the drain...will these darn things ever bloom?" you MIGHT get flowers from some old corms you didn't even know you had. Maybe they never will, maybe next time, next year, another time, who knows?

Jackrussell at the end of the day it is up to you what you do... I could write a lot more but Bathgate will simply contradict me!

well I had an overgrown border last year and I thought the cyclamen had just died away. I found them about a saucer size and replanted them where I can see them and they are in flower bud now. this species is scentless too, sadly.

so to answer the original question of ' Would it be any use planting them somewhere else ( considering they don't seem to have flowered at all ) and because of there large size.' I would say yes every time. but they do prefer shade as said else where.

I enjoy the challenge of nursing plants back to health and regularly buy sad plants from gc casualty corners. my hydrangea Annabel is one such plant. So you are missing a great challenge Bathgate. I like the idea of me running a hospice though.

plants that I no longer want are lifted and potted on and then I sell them and the proceeds go to my local hospice.

Bathgate as usual you take exception to anyone who disagrees with you and then become offended - get over it! I'm not the only one advising Jackrussell that there is a good chance for those tubers yet.

I'm not missing anything Sb. I do that all the time :). I also enjoy growing plants from seed. It's very rewarding to see them in flower and very economical as well. Many of those you'll never see for sale.

As I said I have replanted saucer size Cyclamen tubers, one of which was actually dug up by a badger and left on the path for a long time as it was hidden under an overhanging bush. This year it has over 200 flowers on it and more to come. Seems a terrible waste to throw something away like that.

Thankyou all for the very prompt replies, I think what I will do,I have a small shady area that is empty at the moment,and as there is some doubt as to how the cyclamen will perform , I will try them there, It may well have been, along the way that they became to deep in the soil,they are all dry looking but firm,so trial and error will be the order of the day, and it will be interesting to see what happens ,and as I had forgotten they were there , either way will be fine. I will let you know if anything happens, Thankyou.

Good luck Jackrussell!

Oh good, brilliant plan Jackrussell. Be great if you could add photos to this thread in six months or a year showing how they're doing... or report back verbally.

Indeed it would Bamboo...

While I'm on, is there any way of telling the difference between Cyclamen coum and cyclamen hederfolium tubers when they're not in growth and you just find them in the border?

Cyclamen coum tubers tend to be smooth, ball shaped and greenish in colour. Cyclamen hederifolium are rough, flattish, brown and the roots come from the upper part of the tuber making it look very hairy. I, also, would never throw away large tubers, they are what I try to achieve.

Well good luck to you Jackrussell. I really hope it works out for you.

Thanks Bulba, very useful; that means all the ones I've found have been C. hederifolia...

In my garden, if it don't grow - it's gotta go! Nothing wrong with buying new ones. The huge corms are plentiful as well as the tiny ones - depends what you are going for. I love America! :)

Bathgate, the members her are very diplomatic. Does that say anything to you?

Thanks for that bit of info Bulba, I found both in mine, well happy! And some are saucer size..even better ?

Meril most not all sorry