cyclamen

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Last September i sowed some cyclamen seeds only 8 of them, C.Persicum Grandiflorum Sentsation. And like a kid with a new toy i checked every day sometimes twice a day :-) after 2 weeks of nothing i forgot about them…..

Then 6 weeks later i was surprised with what i saw..

patiently i waited as it grew then middle of may they were this big…

June a little bigger…

end of June nice size plants..

Out of the 8 seeds only 5 germinated and grew which i thought was ok…

September came and i thought i wonder if they will flower this year…. Nooo until a few days ago i found this….

yesterday it finally opened Yippee and looking at the rest of my other plants they have buds developing so maybe a weeks time there will be more flowers to see…

i hope you liked the birth and flowering of my new baby Cyclamen :-))

Thanks for looking..

20 Sep, 2011
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Paulsgarden

Brilliant Surreylad - well done :))))))))))))))))

20 Sep, 2011

Stickitoffee

what lovely healthy looking plants, well done you.

20 Sep, 2011

Yorkshire

clever you, they are brill

20 Sep, 2011

Dino161

Aaaaw. Your new babies, and all growing up now !! I love the progress report. Well done you! I did the same with Coleus this year, also thinking that it was about to fail, left them to themselves for a week or so, went to look and Ta Dah !!

20 Sep, 2011

Lincslass

They are doing well, I love to see them .....

20 Sep, 2011

Kasy

Thanks for sharing:) I was watching them grow last year at work - my collegue wasn't sure if they'd flower the same year - yes, they did, and she was delighted:)

20 Sep, 2011

Surreylad

thanks for the lovely comments every one , i was amazed they flowered so quickly too :-))

20 Sep, 2011

Gattina

Oh well done! What an inspiration - I must try following your example. What sort of conditions did you give them?

20 Sep, 2011

Clarice

Well done you, ....

20 Sep, 2011

Steragram

Brilliant - such healthy plants and flowering in the first year too - well done!

20 Sep, 2011

Surreylad

Thanks Clarice thanks Steragram.
Thanks Gattina, i soaked the seeds for 12 hours first then sowed into good seed compost, then kept dark with temp around 12-14 Deg C they did take 4-6 weeks to germinate then treat as a normal seedling..

20 Sep, 2011

Motinot

Well done Surreylad....Isnt it all very exciting?...:>)

20 Sep, 2011

Valadel

Exellent, love a happy ending.

20 Sep, 2011

Surreylad

It is Motinot Thanks :-)

Thanks Valadel :-)

20 Sep, 2011

Gattina

I'd better write that down........ Thanks! There is a whole wood up the mountain that is called "Bosco dei ciclamini" and at this time of year is supposed to be carpeted with wild cyclamen - I'd better fire my camera batteries up and go a-walking. No, I'm a good girl, I shan't be digging any of them up, however tempting.

20 Sep, 2011

Sixpence

Thats a pretty pink well done so pleased for you Surreylad shall look forward to the rest of the births of your babies, do you take gas and air lol hehe.

20 Sep, 2011

Surreylad

i bet that looks lovely Gattina..

Hehe 6d no gas and air for me :-)) thanks..

21 Sep, 2011

Sixpence

Brave man lol :o))

21 Sep, 2011

Surreylad

:-))

22 Sep, 2011

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