Cyclamen hederifolium ssp crassifolium Spotted/Speckled Flowering Plants Bees are the primarily pollinators

Bees are the primarily pollinators of all of the herbaceous

via the US National Arboretum (USNA #39665)

so we have our plants perched atop a rock wall

have you watched enough Sci-Fi Channel to get the picture

When the old foliage dies back in late summer

Cyclamen hederifolium ssp crassifolium Spotted/Speckled Flowering Plants Bees are the primarily pollinatorsCyclamen hederifolium ssp. crassifolium is a subspecies of Cyclamen hederifolium from the Greek Peloponnese that was formally described in 2009 as being different from typical Cyclamen hederifolium in both appearance and chromosome number. Each two toned, highly patterned, heart shaped green leaf is also adorned with a central framed silver blotch. As with typical Cyclamen hederifolium, the flowering period extends from late July through November (NC)