Deeper pink Cyclamen coum

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Deeper pink Cyclamen coum in Hitch Lyman's garden

There were many patches of Cyclamen coum in Mr. Lyman’s garden. This had the most intensely colored flowers. Having finally seen this cyclamen for myself, I regret not having purchased some from Seneca Hill Perennials when it was still in business.

About the Author

Kathy Purdy is a colchicum evangelist, converting unsuspecting gardeners into colchicophiles. She gardens in rural upstate NY, which used to be USDA Hardiness Zone 4 but is now Zone 5. Kathy’s been writing since 4th grade, gardening since high school, and blogging since 2002. Find her on Instagram as kopurdy.

If winter is slumber and spring is birth, and summer is life, then autumn rounds out to be reflection. It’s a time of year when the leaves are down and the harvest is in and the perennials are gone. Mother Earth just closed up the drapes on another year and it’s time to reflect on what’s come before.

~Mitchell Burgess in Northern Exposure

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Noreen April 5, 2011, 9:57 pm

I never knew cyclamen could be cold hardy to zone 3. I grew some with success in front of a doorwall in my apartment many years ago and got it to bloom. Of course, it was on the cool side in front of that doorwall, so it rebloomed very nicely. Now I want some for my home garden!

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