Our next meetings - 28th August 2019 (Bulbs of South America) & 25th September 2019 (Lachenalias)

Please come and join us at our next meetings:

28^th August 2019 – Bulbs of South America

25^th September 2019 - Lachenalias

Lachenalia congesta

Lachenalia congesta - dwarf species.  Grows on stony ground
flowering late winter.  Perfumed.

Cylcamen on the Bench

Members cyclamen on the bench - mainly coum

Cylcamen elegans, Cyclamen hederifolium, Massonia pustulata

Cyclamen elegans (syn. C. coum ssp. elegans) from northern Iran where it grows in forests as low elevations. Uncommon in cultivation.

Cyclamen hederifolium comes from southern Europe, growing mostly in dappled shade. Wide variety of leaves, flower colour and blooming time, though late summer & autumn most common.

Massonia pustulata Napier form,  comes from dry areas in southern Africa, 2 prostrate/spreading leaves. Winter growing. Easily raised from seed.