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Cyclamen of Persia

Cyclamen

Cyclamen

Family:

Origin:

The Middle East (Palestine, Syria, Greece, Turkey, Tunisia and islands of the Mediterranean)

Period of flowering:

autumn, winter for the botanical species, almost all the year for the modern varieties

Color of the flowers:

pink, red, salmon, purple, white, new two-tone varieties

Exhibition:

light, semi-shade, shade

Type of ground:

mould, ground of heather, drained well

Acidity of the ground:

neutral with acid

Moisture of the ground:

normal, slightly wet

Use:

pot, flower stand, floor covering, rubble, underwood, long life in cut flowers

Height:

30 cm, there exist also minicomputer-cyclamens of 15 cm

Type of plant:

flower

Type of vegetation:

bubble

Type of foliage:

null and void according to the crop

Rusticity:

, in outside prefer a site protected close to the house or a wall

Plantation, repotting:

spring, plantation with middle height of the tuber

Method of multiplication:

sowing (soak the seeds 24:00)

Cut:

-

Interesting species, varieties:

- Cyclamen “Mongrel” ® of the minicomputer-cyclamens for the interior and outside
- Cyclamen “” ® of the compact cyclamens with large flowers whose certain colors are scented
- Cyclamen “” ® of the cyclamens with large flowers which support heat, there exist 20 colors about it

Diseases and harmful insects:

towards, rot in the event of water excess

Toxicity:

the cyclamen contains cyclamin which is used in homeopathy for its therapeutic virtues

The cyclamen belongs to the same family as the primulas . In Europe, one finds in a state wild the Cyclamen , characteristic of the flora of the alpine valleys, and the cyclamen of Naples (Cyclamen ). The cyclamen of apartment is the Cyclamen , originating in Central Europe and the Mediterranean basin. The modern varieties can flower during almost all the year and are proposed from September to March. These new varieties are also more resistant to heat.

Crop inside

Not too much heat for the cyclamen and especially of moisture. They appreciate a temperature between 12 and 15°C. If the weather is too hot on your premise, you can leave them the night or put them at the garage to refresh them! Beyond 20°C, the cyclamen dies. The ideal being the veranda without direct exhibition to the sun.

Maintain it by abolishing the flowers and the leaves faded.

You can leave to the sun your cyclamen during the beautiful season, and stop sprinkling it when the foliage disappears, with the risk to make rot the tuber. When it starts again, again sprinkle it with manure for flowered plants.

Crop outside

Prefer at the time of your purchase a variety cultivated for outside, indeed the horticulturists in the same way do not cultivate them according to its final destination. In the areas with the cold climate, you will install it with the shelter close to the house or a wall for example.

Did you know?

  • In the code in love, the cyclamen symbolizes the duration and the sincerity of the feelings.

  • It was introduced in Europe at the 16th century. Then in 1860, the first alternatives of colors appeared in Germany and England. Today you will find varieties hybrid which offer longer flowerings to you, more vigorous, more regular and a vast pallet of color. It is a pledge of quality.

Also consult our card “the cyclamen differently”!

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