Cyclamen pseudo-ibericum pale forms

This came to me as "pseudo-ibericum white" seed from the Cyclamen Society seed exchange. I didn't expect a pure white but one in this potful does have nearly white flowers and a very dark nasal blotch which is unusual. Unfortunately the flower is a bit dumpy - unlike these "roseum".

Primula allionii Eureka

Ken Wooster's great triumph, a pure white allionii with almost no bad traits (it sometimes produces a four petalled flower I find). A lovely thing!

Primula allionii hybrid

Many years ago I would sometimes find seed capscules on P. allionii - I tried a few and got good germination. Most of the plants were nice - this one I think picked up something from one other hybrid I had (Lismore Jewel?). That original hybrid has gone and over the years my "allionii" has got better and better. The reason why I think this is a hybrid is because the yellow in the eye.

Cyclamen persicum - a beautiful weed

As defined a weed is a plant that grows where you don't want it to. In that case my greenhouse is full of weeds!

Several Cyclamen species have a habit of seeding into the sand plunge, or seed pots or pots of other Cyclamen species.

Cyclamen persifum is one of them - I usually leave them out of laziness and because quite often they outlive a pot's original occupants.

Also with Cyclamen you do get some variation from the parents - this one has a lovely pure pink shading - a bit different from other plants I have.

As an added bonus many of these self sown seedlings are quite vigorous having undergone some natural selection to my greenhouse environment and routines.

Almost spring

It's a polyanthus rather than a true primrose, but it's close.

New Year's Plants

Some pictures of flowers ushering the very early "Spring". Primula allionii Elizabeth Burrow, Narcissus romieuxii rifanus (it may or may not be, I grew it from seed), Viala reniforme (possibly better known as V. hederacea and an early Cyclamen persicum.