Cyclamen are tuberous winter-growing Mediterranean natives that are best known as difficult-to-keep-alive house plants (Cyclamen persicum). However, there are 23 species in the genus Cyclamen and several of those make wonderful, easy to grow, winter-hardy specimens.
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Cyclamen grow best if they can be kept dry in summer-rainfall climates. We find that our Cyclamen thrive near the base of a large tree or conifer where they get sun for part of the day but little moisture while they are summer dormant.
Cyclamen are small plants that can be best displayed in a rock garden or a spot where nothing else competes for space. Cyclamen leaves emerge in the fall and are the main ornamental feature. Cyclamen leaves are usually heart shaped and sport amazing silver variegation patterns that vary from individual to individual. Cyclamen typically flower over a two to three month period with bizarre little pink, purple, or white flowers. When you are ready to buy hardy cyclamen for your garden, check out our online list of hardy cyclamen for sale below.
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Who could not help but love these delightful little cormous perennials? From the tops of these grey, pumpkin-shaped corms, which sit just below ground level, emerge the striking green and silver mottled foliage in early October, making 6-12" wide mounds. In September, just prior to the emerging foliage, the tiny pink dodecatheon-like flowers poke through the ground. By late spring, the foliage dies down and does something many of us wish we could do...go to sleep for the summer. Cyclamen are great in mass and will naturalize in woodland settings where they can be dry while dormant. We prefer to site them at the base or under the canopy of large trees or shrubs. Cyclamen hederifolium was named by the Royal Horticultural Society as one of the top 200 plants of the last 200 years! Pot Size: 7.87 fl. oz (232.7 ml)
This seed strain is one that we named from an exceptional selection in our garden. The foliage is longer than normal, forming a silver tongue-shaped leaf, often edged with a narrow green border, and usually with a dark green stripe down the center of the leaf. Since cyclamens are obligate out-crossers (they can't have sex with themselves), each plant will be different. The purple flowers emerge in midsummer, followed by the leaves in fall. The plants go dormant in late spring. Pot Size: 7.87 fl. oz (232.7 ml)
Cyclamen intaminatum is a diminutive plant native to Turkey. The flowers, which are white with grey veins or pale pink, appear from August through November, emerging either before or along with the leaves. The leaves are almost round and are either plain green or have a grey marbling in the center. Cyclamen intaminatum is fairly hardy, but due to its small stature is usually grown in pots or in an alpine garden. Pot Size: 7.87 fl. oz (232.7 ml)
From a round corm which sits atop the ground, these cute rock garden-sized perennials burst forth in late fall with small, rounded, quarter-sized silver leaves highlighted by a dramatic black green border. Cyclamen coum forms small clumps adorned in late winter (January, February in NC) by the 2" tall flowers ranging from pink to purple. The clumps go summer dormant and prefer to be very dry during this rest period. This can be accomplished by planting them under the canopy of conifers or large trees. Pot Size: 7.87 fl. oz (232.7 ml)
From the folks at Terra Nova comes Cyclamen coum 'Something Magic'...the first cloned selection of hardy Cyclamen to be successful in tissue culture after several hundred attempts. Cyclamen coum is an attractive form with small, dark green, rounded leaves, highlighted by a solid pewter center. The clumps, which sprout from a thick corm, are topped with short violet-pink flowers in late winter. Cyclamen coum goes summer dormant, but re-emerges in fall. Be sure to plant cyclamen where they will be protected from wet soil while dormant. Pot Size: 7.87 fl. oz (232.7 ml)
This seed strain of Cyclamen hederifolium, developed by the UK's Alan Martin, is composed of mostly silver leaves that emerge after the white dodecatheon-like flowers finish in fall. Dry conditions in summer are necessary, so we recommend planting Cyclamen hederifolium near the base of trees or large shrubs where they stay dry in summer, but still get filtered light. Pot Size: 7.87 fl. oz (232.7 ml)
These Cyclamen hederifolium seedlings are selected white-flowered forms of the typically pink hardy cyclamen. Cyclamen hederifoliums flowering begins for us mid-summer, and the plants remain evergreen all winter before going dormant in late spring. Pot Size: 7.87 fl. oz (232.7 ml)
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