General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
Leaves: Evergreen
Variegated
Other: Leaves grow in fall, last over winter, and go dormant in summer.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Purple
White
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Underground structures: Tuber
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Resistances: Tolerates dry shade
Drought tolerant
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Hardy Cyclamen
  • Eastern Sowbread
  • Cyclamen

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Location: Western Washington
Location: central NC
Date: 02/01/2020
Self seeds freely in my garden. Originally purchased from Brent &
Location: central NC
Date: 02/17/2021
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Location: Western Washington

Photo credit: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-03-06

Date: 2023-03-02
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2012-03-15
cyclamen
Photo by kosk0025
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2018-02-12
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2017-02-17
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-03-06
Location: Smith College Botanical Garden
Date: 2012-01-02

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Location: My garden near Lincoln UK
Date: 2008-02-04
These do very well in a built up bed under my Horse Chestnut tree
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2018-02-12

Date: c. 1787
illustration from 'The Botanical Magazine', 1787
Location: Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-03-10
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-03-06
Location: Shade garden Z6
Date: 2011-04-11
These took a few seasons to establish.Its worth the wait.
Location: 2018 Philadelphia Flower Show
Date: 2018-03-06

Date: 2003-03-27
Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: My garden near Lincoln UK
Date: 2008-03-07
With the pink C. coum, they make a good spring show!

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
  • Uploaded by Joy

photo by ghislain118
Location: Part Shade Zone 6
Date: 2010-03-19
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-03-06

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-03-06
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aspenhill On April 6, 2017 Obtained plant
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aspenhill On March 15, 2017 Obtained plant
Philadelphia Flower Show (PHS Booth) - qty 2; HSG Area 6
Buzzbea424 On June 19, 2017 Bloomed
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