Meet The Trailing Relatives of African Violets
Whether to grow trailing gesneriads in pots, hanging baskets, or other African violet relatives, the choice may depend on the availability of suitable containers. Ordinary clay pots can be used,
African Violet Relatives
Discover The African Violets Trailing Relatives
Indoor gardeners who have filled every window with pots of African violets are now extending their interest to trailing plants belonging to the same gesneriad family. Five close relatives of
Streptocarpus Cape Primroses For Your Greenhouse
The Gesneriaceae family appeared in the social register of plant aristocracy when cousin saintpaulia, more commonly called the African violet, became the nation’s number one house plant. Since that time
Try Isoloma The African Violet Relative For Variety
When a friend sent me a strange-looking creeping rhizome labeled tydaea, it seemed that the loosely put-together little white tuber could never produce a spark of life. But, I planted
Growing Gesneriads: It Is Time To Go Beyond Grandma’s African Violet
Though long overshadowed by the most popular member of the Gesneriaceae family, the African-violet, other lesser-known members are now coming into their own. Two gesneriads, the colorful gloxinia, and episcia