What is this tiny flower
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Ivylore
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It is very tiny right now- barely 2inches. The leaves are very soft- feel like lamb's ear. The flowers are very pretty purple on long thin stems. Is it lamb's ear? Is it a weed? It just doesn't look like the other lamb's ear blooms I had. Thanks!
soft velvety leaves. Very tiny right now
10 answers
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Streptocarpus
R.V.R. Farris
on Sep 02, 2013
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Streptocarpella
Marlene
on Sep 02, 2013
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Thanks! I wonder how it got to my garden, maybe in the garden soil I purchased? What a nice surprise. Reading about it, it makes a great houseplant, so I am going to pot it and keep inside since it would not survive our zone 5 climate outdoors.
Ivylore
on Sep 02, 2013
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You're very welcome. I have one in a hanging basket. I have brought it in for the winter and then put it back out for the growing season. Makes a nice houseplant that will flower almost all the time if you feed it African violet fertilizer. Streptocarpella are cousins to African violets. They like bright sunlight but not the sun beating down on them. They scald and have burn marks if left out in full sun. Hope my info helps you to grow yourself a beautiful houseplant you can have for years to come.
Marlene
on Sep 02, 2013
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I have five different kinds of streptocarpus as house plants, all with different leaves but always the same kind of flower - they are very reliable and easy to care for
Michelle
on Sep 04, 2013
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Lobelia
Kathleen
on Sep 04, 2013
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don't think Lobelia has the texture of lambs ears --could be different variety of it tho
Carolyn Vermillion
on Sep 04, 2013
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Pretty! No, not lobelia or lamb's ear.
Judy
on Sep 04, 2013
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very pretty! it is streptocarpella/streptocarpus
Ivylore
on Sep 04, 2013
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Tenho dessas flores plantadas em um vaso pendente aqui em minha casa, na cidade de Joinville, estado de Santa Catarina no Brasil. Ela floresce durante o ano inteirinho, em todas as estações e agrada todo mundo. Você tem que plantá-la onde seus caules possam balançar ao vento e daí terá muitas flores lindas e aqui tem o nome de AZULZINHA, por causa da sua cor azul, só isso.
Rosilene Poffo
on Sep 05, 2013
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