Oh, so, so cute! If anyone in the NE has cyclamen growing in the ground, please also include growing tips!

My hederifolium is blooming now, but is lost under a privet nightmare, which I'm trying to slowly reclaim...but the privets don't go without a fight. I have baby hederifolium started last fall that are now germinating with their first leaves. I'll try to put them somewhere I can see them.

I planted the one that is blooming when I moved and didn't know what was where..and haven't tried to lift it again and move.

The fact that they are blooming under Privet shows what wonderful plants they are. Not much else thrives and spreads in dry shade under trees.

Posie- floral mentions they grow well in dry shade under trees... try them in dry shade under trees! Once they get established they really do take care of themselves, and there's even some talk that they could be considered invasive in some parts of the country... but I consider that more a naturalizing effect since here the deer and other disruptions have wiped out most every other native woodland plant.

Mine are happiest under a weeping cherry where few other things will grow. Full shade all summer, the soil dries out, decent sun all winter. The soil is kind of heavy and the bulbs of C hederifolium are getting so big they push themselves up out of the ground. I have a few in a sunnier spot and they're not as happy.

Hi Katob, good to know yours are thriving in the ground. I didn't know if you had them just in pots or not. Which types do best for you - hederifolium?

I planted my last attempt under a fir tree that has a good bit of debris under it as I read they like to exist between the litter and the soil level. Possibly not dry enough? I have one last place on my property - under a huge hickory which is currently killing some hellebores by taking up all available water in the area.

Posie, I was talking about C hederifolium which is the species I have. They are easiest to start from growing pots of plants rather than dry corms.

Yes, I would strongly recommend against dry (nearly dead) corms for all cyclamen species.