18 Different Types of Cyclamen Varieties

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Have a look at these 18 Different Types of Cyclamen Varieties and get the best ones for your flower garden from the list below!

Different Types of Cyclamen Varieties
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Cyclamens are popular for their sweet fragrance and charming appearance. These non-demanding blossoms grow happily in any shady space with little care. Get the best one for your garden from these Different Types of Cyclamen Varieties!

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Different Types of Cyclamen Varieties

1. Cyclamen coum

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USDA Zones: 6a-9b

Also known as Eastern Cyclamen, this variety shows off dark green leaves with silver undertones. Flowers emerge from the middle in magenta, pink and white shades.

Best Varieties: Album, Maurice Dryden, Something Magic, Rubrum, and Silver Leaf

2. Cyclamen alpinum

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USDA Zones: 7a-10b

Initially called Cyclamen Trochopteranthum, Alpinum is popular for its pink and purple flowers with a sweet primrose fragrance and large green leaves.

3. Cyclamen libanoticum

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USDA Zones: 6-11

This rare kind of Cyclamen prefers partial or light shade for ideal growth. The soft pink flowers stand on burgundy spikes from variegated green leaves.

4. Cyclamen Persicum

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USDA Zones: 9-11

Cyclamen Persicum displays beautiful pink flowers with a white tint on the borders. Its other varieties bloom in the shades of violet, white, and red.

5. Cyclamen Creticum

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USDA Zones: 8b-10b

This Cyclamen variety features white to pale pink flowers from February to May. The pretty blossoms give out a pleasant lily-like scent.

6. Cyclamen Pseudibericum

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USDA Zones: 8-9a

The sweet fragrant carmine-pink flowers appear as a floral crown on dark green foliage with tiny white and gray patches all over the leaf surface.

7. Cyclamen Mirabile

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USDA Zones: 5a-9b

This tuberous perennial blooms flowers in the shades of pink with a tiny purple blotch at the bottom. The light-hued blooms give a sharp contrast to the dark foliage.

Best Varieties: Tilebarn Ann, Nicholas, and Jan

8. Cyclamen Hederifolium

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USDA Zones: 6-10

Also popular by the names Neapolitan Cyclamen and Ivy-Cyclamen, this variety produces pretty pink-white flowers with a purple tint on gray-green foliage.

Best Varieties: Nettleton Silver, Pewter White, Silver Arrow, and Bowle’s Apollo

9. Cyclamen Repandum

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USDA Zones: 5a-9b

This dwarf perennial variety is popular in Algeria and Southern France. With gray-green leaves, the species feature deep-pink flowers, with a sweet fragrance in early spring.

10. Cyclamen africanum

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USDA Zones: 9-10

This Cyclamen variety displays pale to dark pink flowers with a deeper pink shade in the bottom. The leaves are large and leathery with gray-green color.

11. Cyclamen balearicum

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USDA Zones: 7-9

This tuberous perennial features gray-green leaves with silvery splotches. Its flowers are fragrant and white in color.

12. Cyclamen cilicium

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USDA Zones: 4a-8b

The Cyclamen cilicium displays white to pink, upswept flowers with magenta centers on white and green variegated leaves.

14. Cyclamen cyprium

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USDA Zones: 8a-9b

Native to woodland and the Cyprus mountains, this flowering species blooms white to pale-pink flowers with burgundy noses on dark-green leaves with a silvery hue.

15. Cyclamen graecum

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USDA Zones: 7b-10

This Greek specimen shows off pink flowers having a deeper shade from the center. The leaves have beautiful dark green and silver hues.

Best Varieties: Glyfada and Rhodopou

16. Cyclamen intaminatum

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USDA Zones: 5-8

This tuberous flowering variety features chalky white flowers with pink hues on ovate and dark green leaves. Keep it indirect bright light for best growth.

17. Cyclamen parviflorum

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USDA Zones: 7a-10a

Native to the Pontic Mountains of Turkey, the parviflorum is the smallest Cyclamen variety and features pink-purple flowers with violet noses on green leaves.

18. Cyclamen purpurascens

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USDA Zones: 3a-9b

This evergreen perennial features dark pink flowers in summer. The blooms match well with the deep green leaves, variegated in creamy white and yellow veins.

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