[pbs] cyclamen in So Cal
N Sterman
TalkingPoints at PlantSoup.Com
Fri Feb 1 12:29:57 EST 2008
Lovely image, John...
Do you recall where you purchased your cyclamen?
Nan
On Jan 24, 2008, at 10:10 PM, John Longanecker wrote:
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> My father, a retired nurseryman, had a bed of self- perpetuating
> common pink ornamental cyclamen growing in full sun on the east
> side of his house in Pismo Beach, which I realize is a lot cooler
> than Encinitas, even though coastal. They quickly declined after
> his death, probably eaten by the hoards of snails and slugs on the
> coast or other insects such as the equally common earwigs in Pismo
> Beach. Here in Placerville, I grow the fall blooming species
> cyclamen which thrives in the summer drought and is not bothered by
> the occasional winter hard freeze, in spite of being leafed out in
> its growing phase.
> John Longanecker
> Placerville, Ca
> Zone 7 banana belt; 2240'
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