cyclamen in So Cal

N Sterman NSterman@PlantSoup.Com
Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:28:17 PST
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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