Cyclamen: how to keep the plant in a few years

It is believed that cyclamen hard to keep at home, and after flowering, the plant dies. But with proper care can flower please owners of up to 10 years.
Get in on the windowsill delicate Cyclamen flowers reminiscent of bright light moths hovering over a bush, and how to care for the flower will read in this article.

The botanical description of the plant

Cyclamen - Primulaceae plant, which is considered the birthplace of the Mediterranean coast of southern Europe.

Unlike primroses found in our latitude, we Cyclamen rest period falls on spring and summer, and the plant wakes up in October and blooms all winter.

In nature, the flower is found in mountainous areas, and therefore received the romantic name "Alpine violet".

root plants is a slightly flattened tuber-bulb with multiple buds from which depart basal leaves with long petioles.

Leaf plates are heart-shaped form with an extension at the base, smooth surfaces and decorative coloring: dark green background show through the silvery spots and veins.

Colors located on the long peduncles erect, the flower itself directed downward, and the pitch are bent upwards, which has the effect of hovering over flower bush.

Cyclamen bloom at different times depending on the grade, thus picking up the grade can be provided at a permanent bloom on the windowsill.

The palette of colors is very wide - from pure white to purple color. There are varieties of cyclamen-color or two-color variety with petals.

In addition, breeders bred varieties with large double and crimped petals.

Caring for cyclamen flowering period

The plant is very capricious in care:
· Must provide a cool temperature in the range 15-18 C, is suitable for this premise verandas or balconies;
· The plant requires frequent spraying and regular watering with cold water.

To prevent drying earthen coma flower pot was placed in a container filled with wet peat.

However, waterlogging is also fraught with flower root system, which is prone to rot, so water is better to pour into the pan;
· Periodically necessary to loosen the upper layer of soil around the flower tubers;
· Lighting Cyclamen prefers bright, but not direct sunlight, leaves on tender leaves burns, while in winter it is necessary to provide more and more illuminated by electric lamps.

Caring for cyclamen after flowering

Often the flower frighten their masters, when he begin to wilt and dry up the leaves and flowers, and some even throw the plant, not knowing about the beginning of the period of rest.

To tubers are preserved until the next flowering season, a few rules you need to know:
· Once all completely wilted leaves and flowers, flower container overturned on its side and placed in a cool place until mid-summer.

Then take out the pot and lightly moisten the soil;

· When the first leaves, tubers should be transplanted into a new nutritious soil, tuber bury one third of its height.

As suitable plant soil ready for pochvosmes geranium violet or adding sand and perlite;
· The pot should choose small, the distance from the tuber to the walls of the pot no more than three centimeters, better for bottom watering hole, and the bottom is necessary to lay drainage layer of gravel, small pebbles or expanded clay (but not foam).