Plant of the Month

Cyclamen graecum is a tuberous species native to open, rocky, limestone rocks of southern Greece, Crete, west and south Turkiye and Cyprus.  It occurs from sea-level to 800 m. This is a fall-blooming species, blooming from September to November. Each tuber produces a multitude of solitary pink or less commonly, white flowers. The blooms usually appear before the leaves emerge.  The foliage is heart-shaped and variously patterned in tones of green, grey and/or cream.