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moving cyclamen

adamadamantadamadamant Posts: 278
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My neighbour is, with my agreement, grubbing out a hedge on our boundary and replacing it with a wall.  Underneath the hedge I have alot of pale pink and white cyclamen hederifolium - (I believe, I don't think they are coum as I originally thought because they are in flower now - south of England, warm).  Any advice on how I can move/save some of these for replanting?  Can I move them now while in flower? It's not ideal I am sure, but tips would be gratefully received.  merci!

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    It's their growing time and they seen to move well. A couple of weeks ago I potted up a load that I dug out of grass, the flowers are still upright and the leaves appearing


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    We (or rather our builders) moved barrows full when we had new fencing erected and ivy dug out of a bank.  

    They dug over the ground and removed the corms ... some of which were bigger than dinnerplates ... covered them with damp soil while the work was being done, and then replanted them on the bank ... they came up the following year none the worse and have been spreading throughout the garden ever since.  I think yours will be fine as long as they don't dry out ... as they're in growth I would keep them damp but not 'wet'.  

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





  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    You do need to be careful not to damage them. It is important when you replant to make sure they are just under the soil. Too deep they won't flower.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited September 2022
    If ther're flowering now they will be hederaefolia; coum as you say are spring-flowering and the flowers are rounder.

    I have moved a palm-size corm in flower about a week ago.  Any time they are not in leaf or flower they are difficult to locate.

    The flowers stalks and the leaves grow out sideways so start well away from the centre, and dig out quite a lot of soil. When half-way out I put my fingers underneath and wriggle out as many roots as possible.  On my sandy soil I am left with very little soil. I replanted them immediately.

    A good watering and they have settled well.  It's difficult to keep the stalks upright.


     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    If you get the whole plant up and re plant now, they should be fine.  If you need to wait a while to plant in their final site, potting up and damping will do the trick.
    I moved  a couple of clumps last week and they are flowering quite happily.  For such delicate looking plants, they are surprisingly robust :)
  • adamadamantadamadamant Posts: 278
    Thank you for such quick responses, I am very pleased to hear your experiences

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