I am looking for a house plant that I call a running violet. Mine died I know there are different colors but don't know
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Is this something you have seen in a neighbor's home or somewhere you could take a picture to either post here or take to a local nursery? -
I think we're going to need a photo, Patricia. That's not a name I'm familiar with. -
Sorry no photos mine died and I havn't seen them in nurserys. I had one years ago that died of old age, about 10 yrs. Then got some cuttings and started another one but it didn't live long. They don't look like african violets. The first one I had my aunt gave it to me and she called it a running violet so I don't know what the real name is. -
What do they look like? How large is the flower? Is it more like a vine, is that why it is called running?
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They have kinda oblong leaves with stripes on them and have like a tubler flower maybe an inch to an inch and a half and its not a vine but does have runners that you can break off and put in water to root.
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I tried to google something like this without any luck. I have never heard of anything like this. Are the leaves fuzzy like African Violets? How about streptocarpus? These sound like the closest thing I can think of but I do not know if they put out runners or not. Google images of this plant and see if this is what you are talking about. Looks like there are a ton of varieties. I am sure you can buy them on line somewhere if this turns out to be what you are looking for.
