Cycalmen coum

CYCLAMEN COUM


This cyclamen is smaller leafed winter blooming plant. The great foliage carries aloft mostly pink flowers and can make a pink oasis under trees and lends great charm to the spring garden.. The plant self sows easily. They bloom in Feb March and even into April and have beautifully round dark green leaves.

Best in Zone 5-9

Height about 2-3”

Excellent in Pt. Shade

Well drained soil is important!

Naturalizes (!!! Even into grass) Ants carry the seeds and plant them willy nilly.

Works well in rock gardens as well



Cyclamen are among the most charming of plants, whether grown as specimens in the rock garden, or used as opulent ground covers under deciduous trees and shrubs, or kept in pots in cool greenhouses. The rounded leaves are usually a dark green but can have various green and silver patterns. The magenta- pink flowers, lend great charm to the spring garden. The flowers cheerfully withstand snow's coming and going, and often are in mass with the early spring daffodils.You simply cannot have too many of these.

Dodecatheon pulchellum

Dodecatheon pulchellum
Darkthroat Shooting Star - Western native Shooting Star

These have been seed grown, not collected in the wild. Intense fuschia color flowers emerge early in spring on this shooting star. Large and showy, it is easy in sun or shade and will tolerate summer drought. (Actually it appreciates drying out in the summer.) 12" tall. This is a classic woodland wildflower. Excellent when massed in a shaded woodland garden, naturalized area or in a wildflower garden. Mixes well with other spring wildflowers.


Zones 4-8


Native wildflower
Height 8-10 inches Flowers fuschia red.
Light requirements: Part Shade
Cold hardy to zone 4-8
Needs neglect in the summer

Cyclamen hederifolium

Fall Blooming Cyclamen hederifolium

Fragrant pale pink flowers with a red center, blooming in September and October. Beautifully heart shaped leaves.

Hardy relative of the ever-popular florist's cyclamen. These will grow and bloom in the shade. Once planted they can, if happy self-sow with abandon. Quite happy in shade or in the sun. These are every bit as charming as the florist variety and can be used as specimens in the rock garden, or as a great ground-covers under deciduous trees and shrubs. The leaves may vary, some are rounded and some are triangular, nearly all are marbled with white or cream. The flowers range from snow-whte to pink. This is a must have for the fall garden! These are well established 3 1/2 pots and are guaranteed to bloom next year.

PLANTING INFO ...... Zones 5 and higher

Hardiness Zone: 5-9
Height: 8-12 inches
Months of Bloom: March, September-October
Fragrant: slightly
Light: Excellent for sun and Great in Shade