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These are HOUSEPLANTS!! which I've been meaning to propagate for years now, and have finally made the space for them. Several cultivars available at $5.25 in 3 inch pots (probably not yet flowering depending on the time of year, but of flowering size). Shipped potted.
Photo: a planter with 13 of my Streptocarpus cultivars. Unfortunately the bottom 2 rows are young plants and not flowering much yet at the time of the photo. All but one are listed below.
... Common names: Cape Primrose. Low-growing house plants, definitely not frost hardy. LOW MAINTENANCE. Tufts of large basal foliage with wiry arching flower stems. Vigorous, fast-growing and of very long lifespan. Native to South Africa. These names are all unofficial cultivars (named by me, not registered, just for convenience). Streptocarpus are excellent Low Maintenance houseplants, very tolerant of a wide range of light conditions and drought tolerant. As one who regularily neglects the housepets, these have been virtually unkillable. Recommended site: almost any room in a house; they've done well for me in hot south-facing windows, in a rather dim room, and everywhere inbetween. Soil: fertile; near neutral pH, largely organic. Depending on how much room you have, the leaves can be allowed to reach full size or can be pinched off when they are still modest in size, the plant won't mind. I've grown them with equal success in Promix and in half Promix half sand. Dense, compact basal foliage, coarse. Good-sized unscented flowers are borne as a small Cyme for a very long period. Flowering usually starts in early May and continues past Christmas for me if I water and fertilize regularily. Long thin flower stems bear anywhere from one to a dozen flowers at the end of the stem. Flowers are shaped like flared trumpets and usually have some throat markings. Some uses: House Plant. Could be used outdoors as an annual, but what a waste! .
Streptocarpus x hybridus cv 'Huntress White' 2108D $5.25
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Height: to 10in, and to 18in wide. A friend provided me with a cutting of this plant. Leaves slightly pale. Flowers pure white with slight yellow throat markings.
Streptocarpus x hybridus cv 'Moms Pink' 2108B $5.25
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Height: to 8in, and to 15in wide. I lifted this plant from my mom; don't know where she got it. The darker of my two small-flowered pink Streptos. Nice two-toned pattern.
Streptocarpus x hybridus cv 'Pink Sister' 2108C $5.25
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Height: to 8in, and to 15in wide. I lifted this plant from my sister; don't know where she got it. Softly coloured pink flowers.
Streptocarpus x hybridus cv 'Purcell Blue' 2108 $5.25
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Height: to 1ft, and to 2ft wide. This is the first one I grew and is still with me over a decade later. Mid-blue flowers, with attractive darker veining and small yellow markings at the throat.
Streptocarpus x hybridus cv 'Summit Twilight' 2108F $5.25
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A chance seedling from 'Purcell Blue', this is a vigorous plant with large deep blue flowers.
Streptocarpus x hybridus cv 'Vetred' 2108K $5.25
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Height: to 10in, and to 1ft wide or more. Close to red, this plant came from Gershwin's Vet; it didn't have a name so I gave it one rather unimaginatively. Vigorous, bright, large flowers, and seeming to bloom almost nonstop.
Streptocarpus x hybridus cv 'Sutton Hybrid' 0242 $5.25
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Divisions of a plant I raised from seed years ago (about '92 or '93) this has huge ruffled flowers of pink with purple throat markings. It is, however, not as large or as vigorous or as free-flowering as the rest, and more prone to check out if overwatered. Leaves are more glossy and take on weird shapes as they get large. Height to 6in, width to 15in.
Streptocarpus x hybridus cv 'Specklazy' 2108H $5.25
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Some general comments on the nest three: 2108H, G and J: Helen, a nursery friend of many years standing, came across a stand of neglected Streptos at her supermarket and picked out these 3 for me. The price was a bottle of wine to accompany a dinner; the wine was a Gewurztraminer (grape type) Spatlese (a classification of German wines), and the meal featured an excellent spaghetti sauce incorporating asparagus and other such unexpected flavours. The Streptos survived and thrived and have proven worthy of propagation with a name so I have had a bit of fun with the naming of them.
A smaller plant, less vigorous than some but quite floriferous. Height: to 6in, and to 10in wide or more. Large ruffled flowers, a mist of blue-purple speckles on a white background, with a white throat. Hence 'Specklazy', after Spatlese... (groan)
Streptocarpus x hybridus cv 'Gewurztramaroon' 2108G $5.25
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If you didn't read the story in 2108H, do so now...
A smaller plant, less vigorous than some but quite floriferous. Height: to 6in, and to 10in wide or more. Large ruffled picotee flowers, heavily marked in maroon to pink. Spice for the eyes. Hence 'Gewurztramaroon', after Gewurztraminer; Gewurz being German for spicey or some such... (ok, more groans)
Streptocarpus x hybridus cv 'Spaghetti Eastern' 2108J $5.25
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If you still didn't read the story in 2108H, do so now...! I won't ask you again.
A smaller plant, less vigorous than some but quite floriferous. Very similar to 2108G 'Gewurztramaroon' but a few shades darker. Height: to 6in, and to 10in wide or more. Large ruffled picotee flowers, heavily marked in dark red to pink. I had used up all the wine malaprops I could think of so went after the amin course. There was no cowboy movie involved and Nova Scotia is after all quite east in Canada, so it had to be a Spaghetti Eastern... (yes, something seriously wrong with my mind)
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