Hardy Cyclamen in a sunny lawn.

I have some rescued small hardy cyclamen, some in leaf, some in flower and some hopefully just coming out of dormancy!
I want to plant in my south facing lawn which does get dry in summer but is OK in winter.
Does the heat/dry affect them as they are dormant in summer?
I can plant in the small shade of a shrub but that is about it.What do you all think?

 

I think they prefer dappled shade, where its ok if they get really dry.
Not sure about full sun all day.

 

The lawn is south facing but does not get the full blast as the sun goes over the house in the afternoon. If I plant them where the sun is least strong that may work.
Although not dappled shade I suppose you could say it is not direct sun?
I may just try around the lawn and see what happens, they cost me nothing so have little to lose!!

 

Mine seem to thrive best in shady areas altho they don't mind some sun. I suppose if you are going to try in the lawn you could maybe leave them in their pots and sink in the planting hole and see how they get on. If they don't like it, you could at least take them out and still have them for elsewhere ?

 

We have them naturalised in what passes for a lawn here and they have spread well since we moved here despite baking in full sun and several heatwaves and droughts, especially this year. Some of the thickest groups are near a hedg so they don't get full sun till after midday but presumably its even drier there because of the hedge roots.

Go for it but be prepared not to mow them whilst still in leaf if you want a good show.

 

I'd find it hard to cut grass in early autumn if there were cyclamen growing in it. They start appearing in later September here, so if the weather's mild, and grass is still growing- like it was this year, even in October, they'd be at risk of getting chopped.
It would therefore depend on how/where you sited them if you had that kind of situation. A single strip along an edge would be easier to avoid, but if they were random, it would be tricky, and as they seed around, you could lose quite a lot of potential plants even if they were in a line anyway. I don't know whereabouts you are though.

 

OH has strict instructions not to cut the grass whilst they're in flower @fairygirl and at the end of summer it's not a problem as growth is very slow. he also has strict instructions not to cut the main patches whilsts they're still in leaf. Sometimes I have to find jobs to distract him and threaten to hide the keys to the mowers.