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Cyclamen
Also called Sowbreads
Cyclamen is a genus of about 25 species of tuberous perennials in the primrose family, prized for upswept flowers and patterned leaves. The key to growing them is to keep the tuber dry during its summer dormancy and avoid overwatering.
Cyclamen is a genus of 25 species of perennial flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. In English, it is known by the common name sowbread, or (particularly in horticulture), by the genus name as cyclamen. The species are native to Europe and the Mediterranean Basin east to the Caucasus and Iran, with one species in Somalia. They grow from tubers and are valued for their flowers with upswept petals and variably patterned leaves.
Cyclamen are commonly grown for their flowers, both outdoors and indoors in pots. Several species, particularly Cyclamen hederifolium, are hardy and can be grown outdoors in mild climates such as northwest Europe and the Pacific Northwest of North America. Three species, C. coum, C. hederifolium, and C. repandum, are widely naturalised in southern Britain, with C. hederifolium the most widspread and also naturalised in Ireland.
The Cyclamen Society is the International Cultivar Registration Authority for Cyclamen excluding C. persicum, and currently recognises over 100 registered cultivars.
Cyclamen species are eaten by the caterpillars of the gothic moth.
Cyclamen cilicium · Eastern sowbread · Sowbread · Cyclamen mirabile · Florist's cyclamen · Cyclamen pseudibericum · European Cyclamen · Spring Sowbread
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
