code: 702
Tubers produce roots from the top, sides, and bottom
Family: Primulaceae
Plant Classification: Hardy perennial
Minimum Height: 10 cm
Maximum Height: 15 cm
Packet Content(approx.): 10
Rosettes of heart shaped, mid-green leaves with pale green marbling bear pink flowers with 5 reflexed petals and dark pink bases to each petal, which appear prior to the leaves from August until October. Tubers produce roots from the top, sides, and bottom, unlike Cyclamen hederifolium, which produces roots from the top and sides, but not the bottom. Being native to northern Algeria and Tunisia it needs a leafy, well-drained soil in light shade and bulbs should be kept dry during their dormancy.
Sowing advice:
Seeds should be sown at any time, and as soon as possible after you have received them. Sow the seeds thinly onto a gritty, loamy compost and cover about 6mm or 1/4 inch deep as light can inhibit germination. Keep at between 10 and 15 degrees C. Germination can take from one to twelve months and is generally erratic, a strategy that has evolved to protect the strain in the wild. Pot on into a low-organic content compost.
Other names
Persian cyclamen, Miniature cyclamen
Genus
Cyclamen
Species
persicum – C. persicum is a tender, clump-forming, tuberous, herbaceous perennial with heart-shaped, silver-marbled, dark green leaves and, from early winter into spring, slender, erect stems bearing fragrant, white to pale pink flowers with reflexed petals.
Foliage
Deciduous
Fragrance
Flowers may be fragrant.
Habit
Clump-forming, Erect flower stem
COLOUR
Flower
White, Pale-pink in Spring; White, Pale-pink in Winter
Foliage
Green, Silvery-grey in Spring; Silvery-grey, Green in Autumn; Silvery-grey, Green in Winter
HOW TO CARE
Watch out for
Specific pests
Glasshouse red spider mite , Mice , Squirrels , Vine weevil
Diseases
Generally, disease free except under glass.
General care
Pruning
No pruning required.
Propagation
Sow seed in darkness as soon as ripe at 12-15C. Seeds must be soaked for at least 10 hours prior to sowing.
Propagation methods
Seed
