CYCLAMEN HEDERIFOLIUM Seeding About

Cyclamen Hederifolium album

The tubers were rescued from the garden
formerly tended by Elsie Crawford,
and her parents before her, at the little
cottage once snuggled in the tight 
 quarters of the Shaw Island landing. 
(The location is now the Anacortes ferry line.)
It is said that ants aid in spreading the
ripe Cyclamen seeds.
Hoorah for the helpers.
Photograph at the Shaw Island
 Gatehouse Garden, the Crawford 
Cyclamen cosy under a native Sword fern,
August 2025.

"Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say 

both no and yes." J.R.R. Tolkien