Cyclamen - 4 inch

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Armstrong Grown

Beautiful medium sized, nodding flowers, rise above dark green and silver marbled foliage; frost tolerant and uniform, this upright, compact plant is ideal for garden beds and containers from fall until spring

Mature Height: 12 inchesMature Width: 12 inchesLight: Partial Shade
 

Attracts,
Brand,
Brand,
Botanical Name,
Bulb Size,
Bulbs per Package,
Deer Resistant,
Evergreen or Deciduous,Deciduous
Family,
Family Name,Cyclamen
Flower Color,
Bloom Time,Early Spring
Foliage Color,Green
Genus,
Genus Name,Cyclamen
Model,
Tomato Class,
Tomato Type,
Weather,
Days to Emerge,
Days to Maturity,
Edible,
Features,
Growth Rate,Medium
Hardiness,
Hardiness Zone,(annual)
Harvest Season,
Landscape Uses,Accent, Massing, Garden, Container
Light Needs,Partial Shade
Mature Height,12 inches
Mature Width,12 inches
Prune Time,Should Not Need Pruning
Self Pollinating,
Water Needs,Average to Moist
Waterwise,

 
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Essentials for Success

For flourishing plants, use potting soil for potted plants or planting mix for garden beds paired with Root Zone starter fertilizer is the perfect duo to foster robust root growth and minimize transplant shock.

Details

Cyclamen is an herbaceous annual with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and should not require much pruning, except when necessary, such as to remove dieback. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Cyclamen is recommended for the following landscape applications:
  • Accent
  • Mass Planting
  • General Garden Use
  • Container Planting
Features

Cyclamen features showy lightly-scented nodding burgundy recurved flowers rising above the foliage in early spring. Its attractive round leaves remain green in color with showy silver variegation throughout the season. 

Care

Planting & Growing

Cyclamen will grow to be about 10 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 12 inches. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. This annual will normally live for one full growing season, needing replacement the following year.

This plant should be grown in a location that is shaded from the hot afternoon sun. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.

Cyclamen is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a mass of flowers and foliage against which the larger thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.