Saturday, 5 October 2024



 Cyclamen hederifolium in one of the courtyards at the music school. An invaluable coda for the shade garden by virtue of flowering in early autumn rather than spring. Tolerant of deep shade and drought. 
 Hailing from the southern Mediterranean it will naturalise when it likes the conditions as is the case here. Known as the Ivy-Leaved Cyclamen the leaves do indeed resemble Ivy albeit smaller and variegated.
 When C. hederifolium has spread the leaves make a decent ground cover over winter. The flowers attract bumblebees still on the wing...