About Diana Hamilton Expertise I can answer questions related to flowering and non-flowering house plants, and herbs. I do not know very much about cactus, orchids and bonsai
Experience For 20 years I owned a florist where I sold cut flowers and all types of house plants and accessories and gave advice to my customers.
Publications I have not had any writings published but I have presented gardening programmes on television, showing viewers how to care for their plants, giving them ideas on suitable plants, discussed problems with experts in different fields and given practical demonstrations on growing seeds, planting tubs and hanging baskets, watering, feeding, pruning etc.
Education/Credentials I am completely self-taught
Awards and Honors I have exhibited plants and flower arrangements in many Flower Shows winning many prizes.
Question i have used the expertise of all experts and have never been disappointed. i love this site.
my question is that i have a cyclamen which has been flowering for months and is now finishing up. a friend mentioned that after all has died down, she keeps her plant in the same place and just gives it a spot of water from time to time till the growing season starts again. what do you say? many thanks in advance for your answer. sincerely, thelma
Answer Dear Thelma,
Oh my goodness, I hope I am not going to disappoint you! What I say is, if it works for your friend then it should work for you, however what I do is keep the tuber in the same pot in a cool place allowing the soil to become dry and then around July I repot in fresh compost - the tuber should be buried to half of it's depth. Place the pot in a cool but well lit spot and keep the compost moist. Flowering will then take place over the winter and well into the New Year.
Whatever you do I hope you have a fantastic display of flowers whenever your plant starts growing again. I don't know what happens in Israel but over here in Europe cyclamen are grown to be bought in flower from about September to Christmas but with good care can continue flowering for several more months - yours has done really well to still be flowering.
