3. Balearicum
C. balearicum is a Mediterranean variety that flowers from mid-winter through spring and has a strong, sweet perfume.
The flowers are mostly white, some featuring a little pink, and the heart-shaped leaves are dark to light green with blue-green to gray patterning.
Native to the south of France and the Balearic islands, this species is semi-hardy and suitable for Zones 6 to 9.
4. Cilicium
C. cilicium is renowned for its sweet, honey-scented flowers that bloom in autumn.
The oval to heart-shaped leaves have dark green, patterned centers that look like a Christmas tree coupled with grayish-green margins. Flowers are deep pink to white.
Native to southern Turkey through the Tarsus Mountains, plants are hardy in Zones 5 to 7.
5. Coum
C. coum is one of the most popular late-flowering species, and commonly known as hardy or winter cyclamen, and eastern sowbread.
It has a primary habitat from Bulgaria, northern Turkey, and Crimea and a secondary range nearer the Mediterranean, from southern Turkey through Lebanon and into northern Israel.
Plants have pretty, heart-shaped leaves of mid to dark green speckled with silver, and dainty blooms in shades of rosy pink, purple, or white. This species is hardy in Zones 4 to 9.
Five-packs of hardy C. coum bulbs are available at Nature Hills Nursery.
6. Creticum
C. creticum is a native to the island of Crete and features sweetly perfumed white to pink flowers that bloom in spring.
Hardy in Zones 9 to 10, this species thrives in Mediterranean climates with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers.
Its heart-shaped leaves, which emerge in autumn, are dark green with silver marbling on the upper surface and often display a reddish hue underneath.
7. Cyprium
C. cyprium is localized to Cyprus, and the pale pink, highly fragrant flowers bloom from fall to mid-winter.
The heart-shaped green leaves have striking silver or pale green mottling and emerge in fall. It’s hardy in Zones 9 to 10 and goes dormant in spring.
8. Graecum
C. graecum is Greek cyclamen and native to southern Greece and the Cyclades islands of the eastern Aegean Sea.
The broad oval leaves are variegated in icy green, forest green, and silver with a satiny shine and purple underside.
The pink, purple, or white flowers bloom in fall and plants are semi-hardy in Zones 7 to 9.
9. Hederifolium
C. hederifolium is known as ivy-leaf cyclamen and is among the most robust for growing in coastal climates.
The pale pink to magenta or purple flowers bloom in late summer through fall and the attractive leaves are heart- or spade-shaped in various shades of green with creamy white to silver patterning.
