BLOOMING A BLUE STREAK.(Seattle @Home)

From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Date: January 21, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: CISCOE MORRIS Columnist

It's got a tongue twister of a name, but Streptocarpella saxorum (Dancing Flowers) is one of the best new houseplants to come along in years. The soft and succulent looking blue-green, inch-long leaves are attractive in their own right, but the clusters of blue tubular inch-wide flowers that float on thin stems above the foliage steal the show.

In summer, keep this close relative of the African violet blooming profusely by placing it in bright light out of direct sunshine, fertilize every two weeks with a soluble houseplant food such as ...

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