Forum home› Plants
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

Help identifying a plant

English_girl_in_FranceEnglish_girl_in_France Posts: 108
in Plants
Hello, one of my neighbours very kindly gifted me a plant  but I have no idea what it is! Can anyone help identify for me please? I don't even know if it is supposed to be inside or out! 

Posts

  • English_girl_in_FranceEnglish_girl_in_France Posts: 108

  • Desi_in_LondonDesi_in_London Posts: 731
    Definitely a cyclamen , but I don't know what kind exactly 
    Kindness is always the right choice.
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    It's not a hardy plant - yes, a Cyclamen persicum - they like a cool room.  Best watered when the compost feels dry, by standing the pot in a saucer and watering from below, as they don't like water on the crown of the plant.  Yours has lots of flower buds, so providing you can keep it happy it should keep going all winter.   :)
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Yes agree with @Liriodendron
    ... keep it in a cool room out of direct sunlight. Water as she described. I’d add a little Baby Bio to the water. 

    When it stops flowering in the spring ask us and we’ll tell you how to dry it off for the summer and then get it started again for next winter. 
    😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Joy*Joy* Posts: 571
    The flowers last ages but as they die, remove them with a sharp tug so that you remove all the stalk. Doing this encourages more buds. With care it should still have flowers next Easter or even longer. 

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    There are also hardy ones which are lovely for the autumn/winter garden [coum and hederifolium]  but be careful if buying them, that you don't mix them up.
    As already said, the one you have won't survive outdoors, and they aren't always labelled well enough   :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • English_girl_in_FranceEnglish_girl_in_France Posts: 108
    Thanks everyone 😁
Sign In or Register to comment.