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Cyclamen sun?

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  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @MikeOxgreen You used my quote from the 15th in your reply now deleted. I speak for myself no one else. You need to move on as it has been said.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Just a footnote to my comment 'hoping a plant will grow', I assumed people would credit me with at least reading the plant's label before selecting a position for it.
    Quite  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • I have always thought cyclamen neapolitanum were a native of the Geek Islands and grew wild on the cliffs so I have never planted any of my corms in shade. I have clumps of them, also coum, in flower at the moment, in my garden, growing along the tops of raised beds in full sun. They seed everywhere, especially in thin gritty soil and dry stone walls. My garden has no shade and faces South so they have a real baking most years. It just shows plants will grow where they are happy and go into decline if conditions are not to their liking. I have often looked at the seedlings and wondered how they have survived with no soil.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    GardenerSuze said:The beauty of working for yourself means you answer to you and you alone. 
    I don't see the relevance of this statement.

    I can add though, having worked for myself:  if you need money, then you are always answerable to the source of that money.
     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."
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited January 2023
    The hederifoliums will certainly grow in sunny sites @Joyce Goldenlily   [I have many seeded into that situation] but I think it's because they're such a valuable plant for shady, difficult spots, that we often think of them just as shade lovers  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @bede Perhaps stick to the subject of gardening as you often remind others.  My work was gardening.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    Suze, do you mean that you were paid to garden? Then you were working for and hopefully answering to a client, not yourself.
     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."
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited January 2023
    The old name for hederifolium was neapolitanum.  This gives a better idea of the climate it enjoys.  Where I have seen it growing in the wild in the Mediterraneum, it seemed to like conditions like primroses: nestled amongst grass and other herbaceous stuff, in a damp soil, in full sun for all except midday.
     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."
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited January 2023
    Fairygirl said:
    Just a footnote to my comment 'hoping a plant will grow', I assumed people would credit me with at least reading the plant's label before selecting a position for it.
    Quite 

     I have never met Mrs-B3, I'm sure she reads, remembers  and follows plant labels. But many of the questions raised by posters come from people who have done none of these things.  And also, Mike's point, have done nothing to help themselves.
     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."
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    bédé said:


      And also, Mike's point, have done nothing to help themselves.
    Except that the OP [@Slow-worm] had certainly done plenty, and had then opted to ask people on the forum - a very sensible move - because she trusts that others can help.
    That's what this forum is for - gaining knowledge from others who may have the answer, and giving others information where possible. 

    Without being rude.

    @GardenerSuze worked for herself, therefore she chooses her clients, so she is/was suiting herself. It's quite simple - to me anyway.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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