To grow cyclamen coum from tubers or plants?

[chillithyme]

I saw some cyclamen coum tubers at the garden centre, 2 tubers for �3.99.
My question is has anybody grown them this way, or are cyclamen coum sold as plants later on in the season?

[bramble]

Chilli thyme, I have never bought corns, always buy the plants from the garden centre when they are established.

[ameno]

Apparently they can be temperamental from corms, as the corms dry out in storage and won't regrow.
Also, cyclamen ought to be in leaf this time of year, so that means it's not the ideal time to be planting dry corms, anyway (although keeping them even longer in storage would be even worse).
I'd recommend buying potted plants in leaf.

[veggiechicken]

They can be grown from seeds too - depends on how long you want to wait for flowers!
More info at https://www.seedaholic.com/cyclamen-...an-violet.html

[DannyK]

Never had much luck with coum. Will try again when I see plants for sale.

Hederifolium worth a try. Not the variety of foliage of coum, but still pretty. Once established it spreads everywhere, it's the ants!

[chillithyme]

Thanks all, I will see if I can find some plants, I had a look today but couldn't tell what variety the cyclamens were. Labelled as indoor and another labelled midi cyclamen, flowering until November?I'l have to go on a further hunt. I'll give the coum tubers/corms a miss and go for hederifolium and coum plants. If I can work out the varieties that is

[ameno]

Thanks all, I will see if I can find some plants, I had a look today but couldn't tell what variety the cyclamens were. Labelled as indoor and another labelled midi cyclamen, flowering until November?I'l have to go on a further hunt. I'll give the coum tubers/corms a miss and go for hederifolium and coum plants. If I can work out the varieties that is

coum and hederifolium, both hardy species, are both quite small. The indoor, tender ones are appreciably larger. So if it's small, you should be fine.
Also, hederifolium should be in flower now, whereas coum should be in leaf only, and will flower sometime in late winter or early spring.

[chillithyme]

Any ideas what variety this is at all?
I’ve bought a fragrant cyclamen for the house and one for outdoors so far,labelled as flowering until April The one on the photo says flowers through to autumn

[ameno]

They look a bit chunky for hardy cyclamen, so I suspect they may be a tender variety (unless they are specifically labelled as being hardy).
Even the tender varieties are fine with cool temperatures, though, they just won't tolerate frost.

[chillithyme]

Thanks Ameno I just wish the labels were clearer for confused people like me

[bramble]

I have to admit I never heard of indoor cyclamens.
Mine are outdoor in containers.
When they finish flowering I put them under the balcony until the following autumn.
They stay out overwinter in all weathers.
Never lost any of them to frost.

[ameno]

I have to admit I never heard of indoor cyclamens.
Mine are outdoor in containers.
When they finish flowering I put them under the balcony until the following autumn.
They stay out overwinter in all weathers.
Never lost any of them to frost.

Indoor ones look pretty similar to outdoor ones, but are significantly larger. Bigger leaves and bigger flowers.
They still need a winter cool period, like outdoor ones, but won't tolerate frost.

[DannyK]

Indoor cyclamen don't like warm dry rooms.

May be ok in spare room or GH.

From experience un-named cyclamen are a waste of money.

[chillithyme]

Ive placed the indoor cyclamen on a cool windowsill without direct sunlight, and it is shaded by the building next door.

I have a sheltered spot outside, where I could move any outdoor cyclamens to after they have finished flowering. Unless I can find Hederifolium and Coum which I would leave put.
Maybe Coum Plants are more readily available when they are in flower late winter, which is why I haven't found any? To be fair i'm having difficulty in finding any cyclamen which clearly labels the variety.

[veggiechicken]

My neighbour, next door but one, has a lot of the small pink flowered cyclamen that are in flower now. They've spread through her garden, out to the roadside grass verge (we can't afford pavements here!) and are colonising my next door neighbour's verge too.
This year, for the first time, there are some in the hedge between next door and my front garden. When they reach my grass verge, I shall be really, really pleased.
Don't know what sort they are (probably hederifolium), or if that's the effect you want, chillithyme, but they look lovely en masse.