Cyclamen hederifolium
Cyclamen hederifolium is also know as the Ivy Leaved cyclamen as its deep green leaves with silver lines resembles ivy. The dainty pink or while flowers appear in the autumn before the leaves. This is a fully hardy cyclamen and is great in a shady spot, under trees or shrubs. It will naturalise really well.
Common Name
Sow Bread, Ivy Leaved Cyclamen
Height and Spread
0.10m x 0.15m
Cultivation
Cyclamen hederifolium is best grown in part shade and humus rich soil. Under deciduous trees and shrubs that provide dappled shade during winter, and dry shade during their dormant summer months. A mulch with well rotten leaf mould would also be beneficial each year. Plant in dappled shade or full shade in moist but well drained soil.
Great For
Woodland gardens, shaded nooks or planted in a group in pots in a shaded part of the garden.
Additional Information
Awarded the RHS Award for Garden merit for its outstanding performace in the garden