Cyclamen cilicium
Habitat: shady places, or in pots under glass
Flowering: autumn
Height: 10 cm
Width: 15 cm
Soil: with humus
Habitat: shady places, or in pots under glass
Flowering: autumn
Height: 10 cm
Width: 15 cm
Soil: with humus
Cyclamen make a most welcome splash of colour, with ne or more species in flower throughout the year. The flowers, with their characteristic reflexed petals, are in various shades of pink through to white, and the leaves are very often mottled or patterned with silver. A few species are not fully hardy, but many are, and left to seed themselves they can eventually make an impressive display.
Cyclamen cilicium is a rare species in its native Turkey, but not difficult in cultivation. Its deep green, oval leaves are marked with silver, and the pale pink flowers have a bright magenta blotch at the base of each petal.
1 bulb £4.00
| Cyclamen coum heralds the end of winter. In some years we have even had one or two flowers open by Christmas, even in Scotland. Whenever they first reflex their petals to give the distinctively shaped blooms, they stay in flower for several months, and then show their attractively patterned round leaves. Under the species name comes a range of leaf patterns and flower colours. | |
| Cyclamen coum album is a white-flowered form of this fine species, which looks delicate with its small, round leaves, but which comes into flower in the depths of winter, and keep blooming for two to three months. | |
| Cyclamen coum f. pallidum 'Album' is a white-flowered variant of this winter-flowering, round-leaves species. |