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CYCLAMEN alpinum
Plant Description
| Life Cycle: | Perennial |
| Family: | Primulaceae |
| Origin: | Southwestern Turkey: forrest margins, open woodland. |
| Special Features: | Delicate and rare. Mostly dark rose flowers with horizontally twisted petals. Small, round leaves with silver shapes. |
| Basic Colour: | (pink / salmon) |
| Flower Colour: | dark rose |
| Natural Flowering Period: | February - April |
| Winter Hardiness Zones: |
Z6 - Z9
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| Foliage: | Entire, round to cordate, slightly dentate, indistinctly silver patterned, underside purplish. |
| Growth Habit: | clumping / wintergreen |
| Height with Flowers: | 5 cm |
| Spacing between Plants: | 10 cm |
| Soil Requirements: | dry / gritty / well-drained / average |
| Location: | |
| Characteristics: | ornamental foliage plant |
| Usage: | for the rock garden |
| Portion weight: | 0.3 Gram |
| Grams per 1000 seeds: | 8.33333 Gram |
| Seeds per Gram (does not correspond to the number of plants!): |
120 |
| Gram to get 1000 plants (if sown directly into pots etc. you will need a larger quantity): |
15 Gram |
| Sowing Direction: |
(1) Cold-germinators are still referred to as frost-germinators, although this isn’t quite correct. The sowing must be kept warm (about +18 to +22°C) [about 64 to 72°F] and moist for the first 2–4 weeks. After this period the sowing must be kept at a cold temperature (between –4 and +4°C) [between 25 and 39°F] for another 4–6 weeks. Colder temperatures of –5°C [23°F] are only advantageous for most species of the Ranunculus family. It is not so important if the temperature is higher or lower during the cooling period, but the cooling period has to be prolonged because the synthesis of the germination inducer, hormon-like acid, slows down or comes to a standstill.
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| Sowing Time Hint: | Germination unsteady, keep pots at least 2 cold seasons. |
| Container Size(s): | 1 plug per 8/9 cm (3 1/2") |
| Fertilizer: | Light (100-150 ppm) |
