Cyclamen Heather 005

Oh Lovely Brian , I have some cyclamens just opening in the garden I'll put a photo on when the whole plant is in flower .
Do you keep your Alpine house cold ?

Amy in theory yes it is open to the elements. But if we get winters like the last two all the pots need to be up to there rims in a sand bed to prevent the roots in the pots from freezing.which a lot did last year causing quite a few losses,lots of plants are safer in the ground because it does not cool down as quickly as the pots do.

wow, i love this flowers, they look lovely!

what is this , is it a lilies?

Junna.No they are not Lilies they belong to the Primula family which is no help as they don't look or behave like them.They grow wild across North Africa, Europe and the Mediterranean,they are corms with small resting buds on the top which when the season is right produce leaves and flowers ,each corm is dormant several months of the year.there are about 25/30 different species plus hybrids.Hope that is understandable.
Brian

oh , im very surprised that this flower was from far away but you very lucky to have them in your garden and they were so healthy and bloomming, please sent me some, just joking u,hehehe!! yes i understand it, this kind of plant is so hard to grow??

Junna
I do not know what range high /low of tempetures you have in the Philippines,but think it is probably to hot for most of the species,Alexandramc has them growing wild in Corfu.

what kind of cyclamen is this Brian?

Bik
Cyclamen Alpinum is the current name, for some years it was called C.Trochopteranthum.It is a close but smaller relation of C.Coum

ic ok