18 Different Types of Cyclamen Varieties
16.06.2023 - 04:00
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Cyclamens are popular for their sweet fragrance and charming appearance. These non-demanding blossoms grow happily in any shady space with little care. Get the best one for your garden from these Different Types of Cyclamen Varieties!
USDA Zones: 6a-9b
Also known as Eastern Cyclamen, this variety shows off dark green leaves with silver undertones. Flowers emerge from the middle in magenta, pink and white shades.
Best Varieties: Album, Maurice Dryden, Something Magic, Rubrum, and Silver Leaf
USDA Zones: 7a-10b
Initially called Cyclamen Trochopteranthum, Alpinum is popular for its pink and purple flowers with a sweet primrose fragrance and large green leaves.
USDA Zones: 6-11
This rare kind of Cyclamen prefers partial or light shade for ideal growth. The soft pink flowers stand on burgundy spikes from variegated green leaves.
USDA Zones: 9-11
Cyclamen Persicum displays beautiful pink flowers with a white tint on the borders. Its other varieties bloom in the shades of violet, white, and red.
USDA Zones: 8b-10b
This Cyclamen variety features white to pale pink flowers from February to May. The pretty blossoms give out a pleasant lily-like scent.
USDA Zones: 8-9a
The sweet fragrant carmine-pink flowers appear as a floral crown on dark green foliage with tiny white and gray patches all over the leaf surface.
USDA Zones: 5a-9b
This tuberous perennial blooms flowers in the shades of pink with a tiny purple blotch at the bottom. The light-hued blooms give a sharp contrast to the dark foliage.
Best Varieties: Tilebarn Ann, Nicholas, and Jan
USDA Zones: 6-10
Also popular by the names Neapolitan Cyclamen and Ivy-Cyclamen, this variety produces pretty pink-white flowers with a purple tint on gray-green foliage.
Best Varieties: Nettleton Silver, Pewter