Eastern sowbread "Silver Leaf Pink"

Eastern sowbread "Silver Leaf Pink" - Cyclamen coum.
Family: Primulaceae.
Origin: Eastern Europe to the Caucasus Mountains to Israel and Iran.
Special Features: dainty winter blossoms and magnificent foliage.
Colour: carmine-rose to white.
Natural Flowering Period: February - March.
Winter Hardiness Zones: Z5-9.
Growth Habit: Small, tidy clumps
Foliage: Beautiful round to kidney shaped silvery foliage with green marbling.
Height with flower: 5 cm.
Spacing between plants: 20 cm.
Soil Requirement: very well-drained soils, pH 5.8 - 6.8
Location: dry shade.
Use: plant together with Helleborus, Rhodea japonica, Asarum europaeum, Crocus and Galanthus.
Specialities: unsurpassed for late winter blooms in the rock garden or dry shade
1,0 g = 180 seeds.

Germination: these seeds must be covered with a layer of seed kernel diameter. Keep daytime temperatures at approximately +18 °C and keep the moisture constant. The seeds must be kept in the light and moderately warm after germination.

Best Sowing Date: Fresh Seeds April - May.
Sowing to Germination: 4 - 8 weeks.
Germination to Transplant: 12 - 16 weeks.
Transplanting to salable Plant: 16 - 20 weeks.
Cutting-Back at Transplanting: not necessary.

 
Eastern sowbread Silver Leaf Pink. Bot. syn.: Cyclamen apiculatum Jord., Cyclamen atkinsii Glasau, Cyclamen brevifrons Jord., Cyclamen coum subsp. hiemale (K. Koch), Cyclamen coum subsp. hiemale (Hildebr.), Cyclamen europaeum Pall., Cyclamen hiemale Hildebr., Cyclamen hyemale Salisb., Cyclamen orbiculatum Mill., Cyclamen orbiculatum var. coum (Mill.), Cyclamen vernale K.Koch.