Cyclamen
Cyclamen are tuberous perennial plants and surprisingly also belong in the family Primulaceae. Many of the spring flowering species such as Cyclamen coum are grown with early-flowering Primula and Helleborus and will naturalise slowly in the garden creating beautiful displays. The autumn flowering C. hederifolium will leap into life as most other flowers in the garden are dying down, but don’t be tempted to grow them together with the spring flowering species as C. hederifolium is rather thuggish and tends to take over.
Some of the other species will need a bit more looking after as they are quite tender and the watering can be trickier as they are Mediterranean plants for the most part. This means they often have a dry dormant period over the summer and do not like wet winters either. These plants will appeal to the collectors out there. They can be grown in pots in similar conditions to auriculas in alpine houses or cold greenhouse where you can keep more of an eye on the watering.
Our collection was inherited from Philippe Le Goff and his nursery Le Clos d’armoise and is the result of many years of collecting.
Please note : you will receive potted tubers. Unfortunately we cannot send Cyclamen tubers outside of the EU because of CITES requirements.
For more information about growing Cyclamen see our information pages on Growing Cylcamen.
