Cyclamen hederifolium, the ivy-leaved cyclamen or sowbread, is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae.
Its delicate, purple flowers are a most welcome sight in late winter or early spring. I photographed this patch on February 24th last year. It had naturalized itself on a sheltered bank on the verge of woodland. No other wild flowers had yet emerged, so I was delighted to see this spread of color in front of me!
It is often referred to as sowbread because the corms look like small loaves and are apparently a favorite food of wild pigs. Well, here’s a picture of the cyclamen corm – you can decide for yourself if they look like loaves of bread!
This is my submission to Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge: fancy submitting your own photo?
Denzil Nature 
I have a lot of these in my garden. They bloom from September to late fall. The leaves are marbled and attractive and last into late spring.
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Then some delightful color at both ends of the year Audrey!
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This is a very informative post and your photos are terrific. 😀
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Thank you Cee!
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Looks a lot like bread to me. 😊
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Particularly a rustic one!
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One of my favourites. Here they last for years in pots in the right conditions. I have one outside in filtered light and it flowers continuously. I love it.
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Yes, I love those plants that seem to just keep flowering.
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Me too!
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They kind of do look like bread. Pretty color they are.
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I haven’t tested the bit about pigs liking them yet! :0
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