Thursday, November 13, 2008

Snow White Cyclamen

One of my favorite things about this time of year is planting cyclamen. I have grown them for years in a shady raised bed in Laguna and it is always a pleasant surprise when they start blooming in the late fall or early winter. This is new group that I put in the Moonlight Garden in SJC a couple weeks ago and their bright snowy white blooms really light up this bed in the dappled shade. I hope they do well here and don't get lost or trampled over the summer.

4 comments:

TYRA Hallsénius Lindhe said...

A Moonlight Garden how romantic and wonderful! Your cyclamen looks very nice and healthy. Do you keep the soil very moist?

Sheila said...

This isn't a particularly damp part of the garden, although it is shady and cool. It does dry out between waterings.

IlonaGarden said...

I love cyclamen and wish I could grow the tender ones with the larger flowers. Your garden is so lovely.

Amy said...

Oh, these are really beautiful. I've often wished I could grow them here, every since I saw a carpet of them growing under a tree in a magazine photograph.