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Anyone else seeing signs of early Spring?

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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    edited January 2023
    Just because I disagree with you, does not mean, I am being negative, it is a good way to wipe out colonies of C.coum. I have C.hederefolium corms that are 8 inches across, any C.coum in the way would disappear.

    this has been discussed on here before, and on GW.

    If you want to plant the species together, I would suggest leaving gaps of at least a foot between different species.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    The problem with cyclamen hed. has been well documented on this forum in the past, by many people.
    @punkdoc was merely pointing out that it has been the case. Nothing negative about the statement. 
    This is one small thread:
    https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1046398/cyclamen-hederifolium-and-cyclamen-coum

    I've no idea about various smells. It doesn't bother me. Scent isn't particularly important to me in the garden. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Songbird-2Songbird-2 Posts: 2,349
    edited January 2023
    I must be doing something wrong as my Sarcococca has no scent at all. Plenty of flowers and also black berries but no scent.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    @Songbird. I thought that but when I dug mine up, potted it up and brought it into the house, the perfume was gorgeous. I think that you need to plant it on a warm, sheltered position and probably grow it on until it's bigger for the full perfume effect.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • Yesterday I checked my potted Sarcocca and brought it into the conservatory so I can enjoy the perfume. Mine is only a small plant at the moment but is full of flowers and perfume. Lovely.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Warmth for many of these winter plants is definitely a factor. I could smell Skimmia flowers last winter for the first time in my life, because we simply didn't have a winter here. I've never seen so many flowers open on them either. 
    I could smell the Osmanthus flowers properly too, but that isn't usually the case, except when very close to them, as Imentioned earlier. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • My snowdrops, daffodils and tulips and starting to show  :)
  • The ground elder is starting to put out new green shoots!
  • LunarSeaLunarSea Posts: 1,923
    My snowdrops, daffodils and tulips and starting to show  :)

    Ours too .... finally. Interestingly the Allium sphaerocephalon bulbs I planted in October have had 6" green shoots up since early December.
    Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border

    I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful

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