Streptocarpus - the pros & cons of growing & some flowers 

Thank you, Baotran. The blooms are something special. I remember the first time I came across a decent strep, I nearly lost my heart :)

You are very welcome.

Thank you. Yes, I like the big leaves too.

Thank you for watching.

Thank you, Lyn. Sending you loads of flower power from Wexford. xx

Thank you, Bettina, for your insightful observations. I am glad you have enjoyed my plants and wishing you a great evening!

Thank you, Corina.

Thanks for watching.

Thank you for such a wonderful vote of confidence.

Pam, I'm with you on the pink thing but I've come to appreciate it more in the last few years. It is especially appreciated in winter.

I love this flower , unfortunately, one of the leaf has a burn like look . What could be the problem. Trying to send a picture in vain

Thank you, Alberto. Isn't that strange that they are not available in Italy :P Have a great evening!

..ebay?

Welcome to the channel and I hope you find lots to detain you!

Haha. Thank you 😊

Thank you

Oh, for me African violets are just smaller streptocarpus ;-) Happy growing!

There's always room for one more.... :)

Bumblebee, each leaf is a new separate individual plant, all you need to do is remove the old leaves that have finished flowering, each leaf has a predetermined amount of flowers I think it is about twelve and they flower from the base up ..one at a time, hence they flower over a huge amount of time, after the last flower the leaf will start die anyway and new ones continuously reappear, the problem really is with tidying them up and removing spent flowers and old leaves, because they will become untidy looking if neglected. Roots do like having a spring clean every so often, you can easily do this once a year, just loosen as much of the old soil away and replace with new, I use Jacks Magic along with perlite and a little vermiculite mixed in and they love it! They always end up dying because we do something wrong or a pest/bug has got at them, but then of course you can take cuttings of it and away you go again! ..always take cuttings anyway if you love the plant so you have a back up in case they go tits up.

Interesting to hear that,

I like that lots too :)

Yes, it is a shame, Susana. But I guess you can't have everything with one plant. Yes, I have a number of cuttings on the way. Thank you for watching :)

Streptocarpus roots really should fill the pot before they get potted on. It is not usually a problem. Have you remembered to stop fertilising for winter? I'm not sure what to say really :P

Gardening at Douentza Yes, I'm not fertilizing anymore. Do you think I could still repot them now into smaller pots?

I would do it.

Gardening at Douentza Thanks, I will do that then. :)

Hi Beverly. I'm afraid I don't know about that. It hasn't been my experience so far but different plants would have different traits.

+Gardening at Douentza thanks for your reply Rachel!

Yes thank you. I know :)

:)

candace weir if you used a mature leaf for your leaf cuttings, instead of a fresh new leaf from close to the center, that may be why they rotted?

Laurie Paris Thanks, Laurie. That is exactly what I did.

Excellent! Try again with a newer leaf, then. Dibley's has a good page on it. 😊

Sorry that your cuttings failed. Laurie gives some good advice below. Personally I find June the best time to propagate and winter the worst. Good that you got a decent flowering division from your divided strep and happy growing!

Gardening at Douentza Thanks, Rachel, I will follow both your advice and Laurie's. Much appreciated.

I'm glad my video was timely and how lovely to have your first strep in flower! Sorry, I have no instagram. Happy growing!

Thank you! If you have a spare minute, can you tell us how you came to name your garden Douentza? What does that word mean?

Douentza is a town in Mali in West Africa, where I spent some time in 1989. I spent six months in West Africa then. The sky, from the roof of a building following a storm, in Douentza one night was indescribably amazing and counts as one of my most important life experiences. Unfortunately this part of the world is no longer accessible.

Gardening at Douentza thank you! What a great backstory. I did look up "Douentza" before I asked, and saw it was as you said... but I could not put together Ireland and Mali, until you told your tale.

Are you in America, Laurie? Actually, by coincidence (or maybe it was because of your question) I recently started scanning the photographs I took from that trip onto the computer. I was thinking what I might do is make a video about why my garden is called Daountza and just show some of these photos and talk about the trip. What do you think?

The Ukrainian ones are my favourites :)

This is not a strep care video. I have another video that is exclusively strep care if that's what you're looking for. Then there is this one, which is a complete guide... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-52pVEQoePJ0.htmlsi=9vPmuOGrkBx_tNC2

Sorry, I cannot post outside the EU.