Is this a weed??? Growing prolifically in my new garden - with a large bulb/corm. Thank you.

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  March 2021

  Those are Cyclamen hederifolium.  Gorgeous.  Lucky you.  The leaves will die down soon and the flowers will appear in late summer/autumn.  The leaves appear after the flowers so are useful winter foliage.  

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

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• Acuwell Posts: 87

  March 2021

  Thank you so much! Very helpful and yes "lucky me"

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• Fire Posts: 19,096

  March 2021

  Yes, lucky you. They are expensive to buy.
  

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  March 2021

  
  

  They pop up all over the place here ... love them 😍

  
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• Fire Posts: 19,096

  March 2021

  I'm trying to encourage mine.
  

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• Palustris Posts: 4,307

  March 2021 edited March 2021

  Me too! We used to have thousands in our last garden. They had even moved out on to the roadside verge. Here there were none. Brought some with us and they are beginning to seed around, but it does take a time.
  

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