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Streptocarpus saxorum
False African Violet, Cape Primrose
Origin: Kenya and Tanzania.
| Family |
| Gesneriaceae |
| Genus |
| Streptocarpus |
| Species |
| saxorum |
| Category |
| Perennials, Tropicals |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 10a - 11 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cold season protection under glass. |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H3 - H1c |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -1 to 5 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 34 to 40 |
| Height |
| 30 - 60 cm |
| Spread |
| 30-60 cm |
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Cultivars
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| An evergreen perennial grown for the large number of magnificent flowers it produces over a long period of time. |
| Landscape |
| Used as a flowering indoor plant or treated as an annual hanging basket if grown outdoors. It also does well in containers on a shaded deck or patio. |
| Cultivation |
| Grow in a bright but not sunny, warm, draft free location, and in a fertile, moist, humus-rich well-drained soil. |
| Shape |
| Herbaceous perennial, stems often trailing with age. Mounds. |
| Pests |
| Glasshouse leafhoppers, mealybugs, thrips, vine weevil and tarsonemid mite. |
| Habitat |
| Arid, rocky cliff sides and cliff faces. |
| Leaf Description |
| Linear to rounded, velvety, heavily veined, wrinkled and some cultivars are without petioles. |
| Flower Description |
| Long-tubed and usually with five petals. They occur in heads on short upright stems. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Royal Park Rajapruek, Mae Hia, Thailand. Chelsea Physic Garden, London, United Kingdom. |
| Propagation |
| Propagate by seed, or by leaf cuttings. |
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