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Wild
Cyclamen Tubers
Latin:
Cyclamen hederifolium
Other
Names:
Sowbread
Distribution:
The
Wild Cyclamen is native in Europe and the Mediterranean and
has escaped from gardens and
naturalised in many areas across southern Britain. It is widely
established in some Kentish woodlands.
Habitat:
It
prefers dappled shade or an undisturbed woodland setting where it will
quickly spread, but it will even grow in full sun.
Description:
Rosy pink flowers from
August to December. Dark green ivy-like leaves mottled with pale
silvery-green. It is low-growing
10-30cms.
Uses:
Excellent
for naturalising amongst trees and in rockeries.
Planting Instructions for
Tubers:
Plant
tubers with flatter part uppermost and rounded part to
bottom. They
should be planted in autumn and are best
planted where they can be left undisturbed.
Plant with about 7cm of soil above the bulb, so that the soil
covering does not dry out during the Spring.
If the soil dries out, the plant may not have sufficient moisture
to build up the bulb for flowering the following year.
Plant the bulbs as
soon as possible upon receipt.
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