Tag: cyclamen
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What Could Be More Beautiful?
THAN SNOW ON THE GROUND, BLUE SKY AND 60º? by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 19, 2017) — It is a rare February day in the North when the thermometer rises above 30, but rarer still when doubling that number. On what can be described only as an unexpectedly pristine day here in Southern New England, the…
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Can the Cyclamen be Revived?
“A CHANGE IN DIRECTION” by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 14, 2016) — After years of flourishing with very little care or attention, the cyclamen plant which has been a bright spot in my home and my life may be dying. Its once-full and plentiful green leaves and delicate scarlet flowers are no more. While the plant, given…
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Remember the Cyclamen?
SURVIVING THE RAGING WINTER by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 15, 2014) — Last summer, my cyclamen plant appeared dead. Throughout the spring, the flowers had died one by one, with nothing sprouting up to replace them. Resigned that the lovely house plant had breathed its last after five years in my home, I placed it outside…
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The Cyclamen Plant, Continued
AMAZING GROWTH IN JUST TEN DAYS by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 4, 2013) — A week and a half ago, I wrote a story about my cyclamen plant, which seemed to have died last summer. In September, signs of life began to reappear, and a seeming miracle unfolded. The plant is now just as lovely as…
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The Cyclamen Plant
AN ALLEGORY by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 24, 2013) — Almost five years ago, one of my harp students gave me a lovely cyclamen plant for Christmas. To my great regret, house plants normally have not fared well under my care, despite my best intentions. I cannot recall any which lasted more than a few months,…