Tiny Winter Treasures - Cyclamen Open House at Bouquet Banque Nursery This Weekend

Along with trillium, cyclamen must be the most appealing of flowers...easy, winter-blooming, and even faintly fragrant...Cyclamen have ground-hugging heart shaped leaves, mottled and splashed with shades of white and silver that follow the flowers then linger after they fade.

The flowers are delicate and so reflexed as to look wind-blown, held on slim yet sturdy stems above the leaves. And they spread obligingly about, creating colonies of these sweet little white, purple or pink flowers. And best of all? They bloom now, then go dormant in the summer when so much else is going on. These little treasures are ancient flowers, so long cultivated by man that it's believed they appear in cave paintings. So we've loved them at least for centuries....

Bouquet Banque Nursery in Marysville is home to 100,000 hardy cyclamen - now that's a sight to see in mid-winter. Proprietors Judy and Bill invite you to an Open House, garden tour and basket studio showcase this coming weekend, January 19th and 20th, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (to be repeated on February 6, the same hours).

The address is 8220 State Ave., Marysville - call 360-659-4938 for more information/visit www.twigtwisters.com for directions.

 

Comments

[Loriann@techdealsmag]

I like these flowers but have never been able to see them up close. You are right about how popular they are. They appear often as a source in shops that sell artificial flowers.

You can find many silk flowers that are modeled after these. Or rather, I should say, a sufficient amount. It's not so much as to make them boring or make someone get tired of seeing them.

However finding them in nurseries is a bit harder. they like the cool weather and that makes it hard for them to thrive in certain climates.

[feijoa]

Cyclamen plants make great excellent long, blooming houseplants with minimal care... Their vibrant flowers and interesting leaves make this plant a popular houseplant. Good to know that Bouquet Banque Nursery is home to these flowers!!

[valerie Easton]

Cyclamen do make lovely houseplants - but those larger, indoor plants are very different than the little hardy cyclamen that Bouquet Banque specializes in....these are outdoor plants, and miniature compared to the houseplants...
Val Easton