Cyclamen is a petite flowering plant that has sweet-scented, small blooms on long stems that stretch up above the foliage. It is a tuberous perennial, meaning it dies down to its thick roots (tubers) during its summer dormancy period and then regrows quickly each fall. Its flowers come in shades of pink, purple, red, and white.

It’s commonly grown as a houseplant and is especially popular during the winter holiday season when you can find cyclamen blooming on shelves in garden centers and grocery stores. Seeds can be planted in late summer for blooms in the subsequent year’s winter (roughly 18 months later).

The Cyclamen is a group of plants that are characterized by having largely marbled foliage. The flowers are unique, with their swept back and twisted petals.

The plants range from having large flowers to having small flowers that only get to several inches high. Depending on the species, they flower in fall, winter, or spring.

Cyclamen is a genus of 23 species of perennial flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. Cyclamen species are native to Europe and the Mediterranean Basin east to Iran, with one species in Somalia.

They grow from tubers and are valued for their flowers with upswept petals and variably patterned leaves.

We’ll be sharing more about this flower in future.