Cyclamen Plant Profile, Care and Growing Notes

Cyclamen are a hardy plant well suited to growing in the garden border as well as in containers. Originally from Mediterranean climates species such as C. Coum and C.Hederfolium grow well in the UK, and with species that flower in Autumn as well as in Spring they add color and life to any garden border or as a potted specimen.

Cyclamen also have some very interesting foliage, marbled and mottled greens add interest throughout the season.

Care and Growing of Cyclamen in the UK Garden

Tending to prefer a well drained position in dappled shade, plant tubers near or on the surface. Cyclamen hederfolium is popular in the UK with hederfolium flowering earlier than cyclamen coum and having nice marbled foliage, C. hederfolium album is the white flowering version.

Cyclamen coum (foliagepictured below)is a hardy winter to spring flowering cyclamen.

Cyclamen coum

Cyclamen graceum
(pictured right) is a bit of an oddity in that it prefers a hot dry position, but well worth a try for the beauty of its leaf markings.		 cyclamen flowers

C. hederifolium, coum and repandum are best for shade while Cyclamen suitable for semi shade include C. purpurascens, cilicium and intaminatum.

Some useful cultural notes are available from The Cyclamen Society

Cyclamen-Hederfolium
Cyclamen Hederfolium
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Cyclamen persicum Foliage of Dwarf Cultivar


Cyclamen Bulbs or Corms are available readily available for sale
Buy online from participating nurseries listed below

FIR TREE FARM NURSERY
Tresahor Constantine Falmouth Cornwall TR11 5PL
Tel : 01326 340593
Over 4000 varieties of cottage garden and rare perennials, as well as over 100 varieties of Clematis. Mail order to the UK and Europe. Open Tuesday to Sunday, from February to November.
Includes: Cyclamen hederfolium, and Cyclamen coum.
www.cornwallgardens.com

PENLAN PERENNIALS
Wern Rhos Newchapel Boncath SA37 0EN - Tel/Fax 01239 842260
Retail, Mail Order Specialists, Online Webshop, Peat Free, Organic, Aquatic, Marginal and Bog Plants, Waterlilies, Hardy Geraniums, Ferns, Grasses, Shade & Woodland Perennials. Free online catalogue
.www.penlanperennials.co.uk

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 BROADLEIGH GARDENS
Bishops Hull Taunton TA4 1AE
Phone: 01823 286231 Fax:01823 323646
Includes: Cyclamen and many more.......
www.broadleighbulbs

WOOD COTTAGE NURSERY
Maidstone Road Nettlestead Green Kent ME18 5HJ
phone/fax 01622813311
Hardy perennials, shrubs, clematis, trees, alpines, nursery, kent, maidstone,

 


CYCLAMEN SPECIES INCLUDE:

AFRICANUM, ALPINUM, BALEARICUM, CILICIUM, COUM, CYPRIUM, GRAECUM, HEDERIFOLIUM, INTAMINATUM, LIBANOTICUM, MIRABILE, PERSICUM, PSEUDIBERICUM, PURPURASCENS, REPANDUM and ROHLFSIANUM.