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Other Names:  European Cyclamen, Sow Bread

Group/Class:  Laser Synchro

Brand:  Syngenta

Description:

Beautiful medium sized, purple nodding flowers, rise above dark green and silver marbled foliage; frost tolerant and uniform, this upright, compact plant is ideal for garden beds and containers from fall until spring

Ornamental Features

Laser™ Synchro Purple Cyclamen features showy lightly-scented nodding purple recurved flowers rising above the foliage in early spring. Its attractive round leaves remain green in colour with showy silver variegation throughout the season.

Landscape Attributes

Laser™ Synchro Purple Cyclamen is an herbaceous annual with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and should not require much pruning, except when necessary, such as to remove dieback. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Laser™ Synchro Purple Cyclamen is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Accent
• Mass Planting
• General Garden Use
• Container Planting

Planting & Growing

Laser™ Synchro Purple Cyclamen will grow to be about 10 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 12 inches. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. This annual will normally live for one full growing season, needing replacement the following year.

This plant should be grown in a location with partial shade or which is shaded from the hot afternoon sun. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.

Laser™ Synchro Purple Cyclamen is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a mass of flowers and foliage against which the larger thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.