cyclamen

• Verona emerges from the gloom of the past as “a darkness kindling at the core.” He sees the “pink perfection of the cyclamen,” the “rose bloom o'er the summit's front of stone.” And, like most painters of the glow of light, he throws a peculiar intensity into his glooms. —  Robert Browning
• It is as if one tried to revive the beauty of a dead cyclamen, for the old poetic charm of Rome is withered away. —  In a Walled Garden
• My most surprising bloomers have been these second-year cyclamen, living among the rocks of one of my beds. —  chron.com Chronicle
• Florist cyclamen should be planted at soil level, small-flowered hardy species should be planted under ½ inch of soil. —  BellaOnline - The Voice of Women
• One of the charming garden vignettes of late winter and early spring is the combination of snowdrops and hardy species cyclamen, including Cyclamen hederifolium (photo above), C. coum, and C. cilicium. —  The Martha's Vineyard Times News Headlines

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