Cyclamen persicum – Red Ready Planted Winter Bedding Display (3 Plants in a Floral Metal Trough)

Red cyclamen are one of the brightest ways to fill a pot, window box or doorstep with colour through autumn and winter, and this ready planted Floral Metal Trough holds 3 of them growing together.

Cyclamen persicum, the florist's cyclamen, has marbled, heart-shaped leaves and a long run of red flowers held above the foliage. The display gives a full, finished look as soon as it is put out, and spent flowers can be pulled off with their stalks to keep new buds coming.

The 3 plants arrive growing in the trough, ready to stand on a patio, step or porch. Choose a sheltered spot in partial shade, out of cold wind. Keep the compost on the dry side and water at the edge rather than into the crown of the plant.

These are one season of autumn and winter colour, not a hardy garden cyclamen. They will take a light frost in a sheltered spot, but a hard or prolonged frost will kill them. The tubers should not be eaten.

Cultural Information

• Common Name: Florist's Cyclamen
• Botanical Name: Cyclamen persicum
• Eventually Reaches: 10-30cm tall and 10-30cm wide
• Growth Habit: Compact, tuberous
• Flower Colour: Red
• Planting Position: Partial shade, sheltered from cold wind
• Hardiness: Not hardy. Tolerates a light frost in a sheltered spot, killed by hard or prolonged frost
• Maintenance: Keep on the dry side, water at the edge, remove spent flowers with their stalks
• Seasonal Interest: Autumn, winter and early spring
• Type: Autumn and winter container bedding