Cyclamen are a popular indoor and garden plant. Cyclamen are originally from the Mediterranean. Cyclamen species number about 20. Cyclamen hederifolium is perhaps the easiest to grow, while Cyclamen purpurascens is the most highly perfumed of the cyclamen. Cyclamen coum flowers during winter.
Cyclamen hederifolium, Cyclamen coum and Cyclamen repandum are best for shade.
Cyclamen that are suitable for semi shade include Cyclamen purpurascens, Cyclamen cilicium and Cyclamen intaminatum.
GROWING CYCLAMEN Cyclamen prefer a well drained position in dappled shade, plant tubers near or on the surface.
Cyclamen hederfolium flowers earlier than cyclamen coum and has nice marbled foliage.
C. hederfolium album is the white flowering version.
Cyclamen graceum is a bit of an oddity, prefering a hot dry position, worth a try for the beauty of its leaf markings.
Cyclamen coum is a hardy winter flowering cyclamen.
Cyclamen purpurascens although not the most spectacular, is one of the most highly perfumed of the cyclamen.
SEQUIM RARE PLANTS
500 N. Sequim Ave.
Sequim, WA 98382
Small mail order nursery with a very intersting range of perennials and other plants.
Includes: Cyclamen hederifolium and Cyclamen coum.
