Florist's cyclamen, sowbread

Cyclamen persicum

Plants of Home and Garden

Soak very warm water, overnight. Sow 1/4" deep, late in the year; dark to germinate. Keep moist, 55-60F/12-15C; do not grow plants of any age at much higher temperatures than these. Maintain cool temperatures after sprouting, and water less frequently

Can be kept growing year-round, or overwinter by allowing leaves to die, digging up and storing corms in fall. Repot early in new year, with top of corm at soil surface. Or dig after flowering in winter or spring, and repot in early fall. Water slightly more if grown during summer, and feed occasionally until flowering. Zone 8-9

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