When all danger of frost is past, poinsettias can be planted outside in a sunny location. Along with azaleas and poinsettias, cyclamen are becoming a very popular Christmas gift plant. Their exotic blooms and attractive foliage make them a festive present. They have dark green leaves with silver markings and unusual blooms in red, pinks and snowy whites. Here are some suggestions to prolong the blooming of this plant.
Cyclamen prefer cool temperatures and bright light, but no direct sunlight.
It's also important to keep the soil moist as this plant does not like to dry out. However, because they grow from tubers, which prefer not to be wetted directly, it's best to water them from the bottom, or to water them gently around the edge of the pot. Increasing in popularity. After the blooms are spent, you can store the tubers, pot and all, in a dark place until they start to shoot again. Then bring them back into the light, and water and fertilize as usual, for another beautiful cyclamen.