• slide
  • slide
  • slide
  • slide
  • slide
  • slide
  • slide

Grow Streptocarpella Indoors for Yearround Blooms

Give a gift that keeps giving throughout the year. Streptocarpella is a relative of the African violet that produces dainty purplish-blue flowers yearround.

Grow streptocarpella in a warm draft-free location with bright indirect light. Mine is thriving set back just a bit from an east-facing window. Water thoroughly whenever the top inch of soil is starting to dry and pour off any water that remains in the saucer. Use tepid water to avoid damaging the leaves. Or water the plant from the bottom. Just set the pot in a shallow container of warm water for about an hour.

The fuzzy dark green leaves are attractive on their own and are a nice backdrop for the elongated violet-like flowers. Sterptocarpella forms a rounded mound 12 inches tall and 15 inches wide. Over time it forms trailing stems making it suitable for hanging baskets.

A bit more information:  Streptocarpella can also be used outdoors in the summer or yearround in zones 9 to 11. This shade loving flowering plant adds color to those shady locations and makes a nice addition to containers and hanging baskets.

Upcoming Live Events
& Webinars


Feb. 19, 2025
FREE WEBINAR:
Strategies for Managing Invasive Plants

Register here

Feb. 26, 2025
FREE WEBINAR:
Create a Beautiful Shade Garden

Register here

Feb. 27, 2025
FREE WEBINAR:
How to Select Rain Garden Plants

Register here

March 12, 2025
FREE WEBINAR:
Grow Pollinator-friendly Spring and Summer Flowering Bulbs

Register here

March 19, 2025
FREE WEBINAR:
Be a Waterwise Gardener
Register here


March 22, 23, 29, 30, 2025
REALTORS Home & Garden Show
West Allis, WI

March 26, 2025
FREE WEBINAR:
Succession Planting & Crop Rotation

Register here

March 27, 2025
FREE WEBINAR:
Rain Garden Q & A

Register here

April 2, 2025
FREE WEBINAR:
Container Gardens for Sun & Shade
Register here


April 10, 2025
FREE WEBINAR:
Reinvigorate Your Rain Garden
Register here


May 7, 2025
FREE WEBINAR:
Vertical Gardening
Register here


May 15, 2025
FREE WEBINAR:
7 Steps to Managing Water on Your Property

Register here

June 4, 2025
FREE WEBINAR:
Attracting Hummingbirds

Register here

WATCH ON-DEMAND WEBINARS

Learn More

Book an Appearance

Learn More

Enter to Win 3 Collections of Longfield Gardens
Dahlia Bulbs

ENTER NOW