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Today i am going to tell you about the Cyclamen purpurascens (Alpenviooltje/Alpine violet)🌺🌸
Cyclamen is a root vegetable which takes its name from the place where he grows (in or around forests in mountainous area). There are now 23 types of Cyclamen discovered most of which around the Mediterranean Sea area.
Another name for cyclamen is pigs bread, since these animals to eat the tubers tossing and turning. The Alpine violet is not odourless, as many of the other types of it. the spread the scent of the lily of the valleys say most. The Alpine violet is purplish red sometimes also white, and save its leaves throughout the year while most cyclamen lose their leaves in the summer.
source wikipedia.com
The round to kidney-shaped leaves with blunted teeth have a white border top. The leaves of f. fatrense, submitted by the Czech Republic, and by ' Verdume ' from Italy are uniformly green. This of the varieties ' Limone ' and ' Lake Garda form ', coming from the area of the Garda Lake, are silvery. In addition to the beautiful f. album we find beautiful selections with silvery leaves, such as ' Green Ice ' and ' Green Lake '. The underside of the leaves is usually red.
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How to grow them: 🌺🌸
Cyclamen purpurascens has a humus rich soil and tolerates difficult summer drought. This strain, which is difficult to obtain, in the lowlands not easy to in open ground to grow. This cyclamen is often little flowers and plant is therefore difficult. According to some, the kind only flourishes in pot, on a shady spot.
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