{"product_id":"cyclamen-illusia","title":"Cyclamen persicum 'Illusia'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCyclamen persicum\u003c\/em\u003e 'Illusia'\u003c\/strong\u003e does something no other cyclamen does: it turns its flowers to face you. Instead of the familiar nodding shuttlecocks, Illusia opens flat, cherry-blossom-like blooms of soft light pink with a darker eye and a distinctive bearded centre, held upwards in quantity over neat dark green leaves. Eight years of breeding at Schoneveld in the Netherlands produced it, and the awards followed: Best Flowering Houseplant at the HTA National Plant Show 2024 and Japan Flower of the Year 2023-24 among them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeason and honesty about hardiness.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is a half-hardy conservatory cyclamen, rated H2: superb outdoors through autumn into early winter, tolerating temperatures down to a touch above freezing, but it does not survive being frozen, so it winters under glass. It flowers from September for months with deadheading. It is not a hardy garden cyclamen; for those, choose Cyclamen coum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere it fits.\u003c\/strong\u003e Doorstep \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/plants-for-pots\"\u003epots\u003c\/a\u003e and window boxes through autumn, then a porch, cool bright room or \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/conservatory-plants\"\u003econservatory\u003c\/a\u003e as hard frost arrives, where the upturned flowers keep coming into the new year alongside our other \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/christmas\"\u003eChristmas season plants\u003c\/a\u003e. Water from below, keep it cool, and twist out spent stems.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GROW TROPICALS","offers":[{"title":"9cm \/ 0.5L","offer_id":59086567965055,"sku":"CYCLILLU9","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0361\/9645\/0348\/files\/cyclamen-persicum-illusia.jpg?v=1793964901","url":"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/cyclamen-illusia","provider":"GrowTropicals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}