Cyclamen, The keys to success are in the copy below.
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Please note: These instructions are for our mild Californian temperate weather.
Ask any group of people how many of them have killed their Cyclamen and at
least half the hands go up.
Cyclamen are great plants. Why do they die for
people so easily? Because buyers are not given good advice and treat their
cyclamen all wrong.
Most folks put their cyclamen in the house and it is too hot! The leaves
begin to droop and turn yellow and soon the plant looks so bad that if it isn't
dead you wish it would hurry up and die.
The little stick tags that come in most cyclamen are designed for use all over
of the country. They usually say to put your cyclamen in the house.
Most of
those tags are almost useless. They are made to be used all over the country.
In Chicago where it is cold. In Florida where it is sunny and of course in
Washington state where the weather is rainy and dark. And there is only room
for a very few words.
Take note: Cold weather readers. Where the winter weather is freezing of course you have to put that poor baby inside. But put it in the coolest spot and anytime you can put it outside in shade for a cool fresh air treatment. I asked a midwest grower how long a cyclamen should last indoors in the winter. Three to five week
Keep your cyclamen COOL.
Outdoors in a shady to semi-shady spot. If you have to put it indoors, pick the coldest spot.
They thrive in pots, Use them in combinations,on tables, or planted in a nice shade flower bed. Great
for atriums. Indoors put your plants in the coldest window with good bright light. Give them a cool breath of out side air when you can. Not in the sun, please!
Feed your plants on a regular schedule.Ever two weeks with a diluted liquid fertilizer.
Don't let your cyclamen dry out to the point of wilting. 
Don't put them in the full hot sun, Good light, some morning or late after noon sun but not that mid day sun that can burn.
Don't plant your plants too deep. Cyclamen grow from a tuber and the crown (that's where the stems join the tuber. Soil sitting in that area can lead to crown rot and death.
If you bury your plant too deep you might as well hold the funeral right then and save time.
When the weather
gets hot in the summer your cyclamen will begin to go to down hill and go
dormant. This is a normal cycle.Most people thing that they have killed their plant, blame themselves and throw away the plant. Your cyclamen is not dead. Just resting for the summer. If you
leave it alone with out too much water many times your plant will start to grow
again in the fall and give you another season.
Quick recap:
Keep coolGive them shade
Water, but don't put too much water right in the crown area. 
Be sure you have good air circulation.
Keep your plants well fed.
Pick a few flowers to go into a bud vase. They are so pretty and last quite
well.
Pull out the stems that have gone to seed.
Hint! The seeds are hard, the new buds are soft. They look very much alike so
this is an important little fact. Here is a picture to help you.
Watch out for cyclamen mites. They are too small for you to see but they do a huge amount of damage right in the crown/bud area. Cyclamen mites will give you a distorted and hard little non-growth right in the area where the buds and new growth come out.
There are always new pests and diseases entering California and causing problems. It is usually wiser and more economical to just throw the
plant away. Your chances of cleaning it up are terrible. $20.00 worth of
sprays, followed with failure and the infestation of other plants nearby. It's only a plant.
If you can follow these simple rules your cyclamen should give you months and
months of pleasure.