Spring-flowering Cyclamen

[davidbr]

These cyclamens, thoroughly naturalised for at least 30 years on the site of an old gravestone, were photographed this morning at a cemetery (Canford) in the suburbs of Bristol.

The only spring-flowering species I'm aware of is Cyclamen coum, but this one had uniformly green leaves with no sign of the silver markings I thought were a feature of C. coum? My girlfriend, who's more familiar with garden plants than I am, reckoned it was Cyclamen purpurascens, but according to what I've read online that species flowers from June - Oct

So, basically, I'm baffled - any ideas

[KeenTeen17]

I think there's also C. repandum which flowers in Spring.

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

I think there's also C. repandum which flowers in Spring.

It does, but has Ivy shaped leaves. The plant is C. coum- the marbling on the leaves is variable.

[davidbr]

Originally Posted by aeshna5

It does, but has Ivy shaped leaves. The plant is C. coum- the marbling on the leaves is variable.

Ah, that explains it - I didn't know that

Thanks, aeshna

[davidbr]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

I think there's also C. repandum which flowers in Spring.

I didn't realise that, either

There's a site for C. repandum supposedly not too far from me (West Porlock, in Somerset; it's listed in Alien Flora of the British Isles, at least...); I thought it was a summer-autumn flowering species, so I'm going to have to plan a trip down there now sometime in March