Hardy Cyclamen

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

S. Europe to W. Asia Minor

Location

Groundcover Collection

Source of plant

Seneca Hill Perennials, William J. Hamilton, Cornell Botanic Gardens

Description

Tuber to 6" in diameter, depressed-globose with corky surface, rooting mostly on the upper surface. Leafblades cordate, often angled or lobed, to 5 1/2" long, marbled above, green or rarely beet-red beneath,margins obscurely toothed. Flowers about 1" long, corolla lobes ovate-lanceolate, rose-pink to white withbasal crimson blotch, acute at apex, eared at base; late summer to early autumn blooming.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Special characteristics

flowering season, foliage characteristics