About
Cyclamen libanoticum is a tuberous perennial characterized by its rounded to heart-shaped leaves, which display a dull green hue with lighter green markings during the winter months. From winter through early spring, it produces flowers that range from pale to mid-pink, featuring white bases and prominent red markings at the flower openings, appearing alongside the foliage.
About the genus
Cyclamen are perennial plants that grow from tubers and feature rounded or occasionally angular foliage, frequently displaying appealing mottled patterns. Their flowers, which are nodding and distinctive in shape, consist of five petals that are reflexed and twisted, often exhibiting dark markings near the base.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Partial shade
- Soil type
- Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Conservatory Greenhouse
- Habit
- Tufted
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- Patio and container plants
- Native to
- Syria, Lebanon
- Toxicity
- Ornamental bulbs, not to be eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling Pets: Ornamental bulbs, not to be eaten - see the HTA guide to potentially harmful plants for further information and useful contact numbers
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in a cool greenhouse in bright filtered light, in containers of peat-free, loam-based compost, water moderately in full leaf and use a low nitrogen liquid fertiliser, reduce water as leaves wither after flowering. Keep dry when dormant then resume watering and feeding as new growth appears. Repot when tubers fill their container
- Pruning
- No pruning required, tidy old leaves and flowers
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed, as for hardy cyclamen
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to mice and squirrels
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to cyclamen grey mould, particularly when grown under glass