Greek cyclamen
Cyclamen graecum
A.M.-R.H.S. 1954, F.C.C.-R.H.S. 1973
USDA zones7 to 9
SunHandles full sun or partial sun or full shade
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size2 to 4 inches tall4 to 12 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Autumn
- Bloom color
- Pink, purple, white
- Foliage color
- Cream/tan, gray/silver, green, variegated
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Notes
Greek cyclamen (Cyclamen graecum) is a bulb for containers, specimen planting, rock gardens, and shade gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 7, or down to 0°F (-18°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Pink flowers with magenta streaks at the base of each lobe open in early to late autumn. The leaves come in many tones of green, gray, and cream, and they appear after the flowers. The plant goes dormant in summer.
Pairs well with First Frost hosta, Japanese forest grass, and Fringed bleeding heart.
Native range
S Greece, Crete, Aegean Islands, W & S Turkey, and 1 more places. See all 5
S Greece, Crete, Aegean Islands, W & S Turkey, and N Cyprus.