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Cyclamen hederifolium
Family: Primulaceae (19 species)
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Grown by: Dr. Don Mahoney, San Francisco Botanic Gardens

hedera - ivy
folium - leaf

From Southern Europe to Turkey, this cyclamen has ivy-like 2 to 4inch wide beautifully marked leaves with many selected cultivars blooming late summer to early winter, light to deep pink with some white forms. Hardy. Fragrant.
The San francisco Botanic Gardens have a sumptuous palette of choices available thanks to the many tireless years of accumulating and propagating by Wallace Wood, recently retired volunteer propagator.
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Photo by Bruce Peters