10.26.07

Cyclamen

Posted in Cyclamen, Garden Plants at 11:25 am by AJM

I planted two cyclamen near the tree in our front yard. The label said that it would be good around a tree, partial sun. One of them is doing okay and the other is doing not well. I’m watering 2-3 times per week. I treated the soil prior to planting with Amend. It seems to be draining water fine but remains very dry. As a result, the flowers are sagging and droopy.

Cyclamen: they apparently don’t like hot, dry air, which is precisely what we’ve been having for the last week with the fires and Santa Ana winds. I thought it was doing fine prior to that, so perhaps in a few weeks it will be doing better.