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Streptocarpus Abigail | Cape Primrose
Streptocarpus Abigail | Cape Primrose

Streptocarpus Abigail | Cape Primrose

SKU: ZHP30000748
1 × rooted cutting
£15.99 £14.39
Available to order from winter
2 + 1 FREE rooted cuttings
£31.98 £28.78 £9.59 each
Available to order from winter
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Overview

A recent introduction, 'Abigail' has both a lovely, neat habit and makes for an excellent and undemanding houseplant that has an incredibly long flowering period. The flowers themselves are a soft hyacinth blue, with the lower being veined with deeper purple over a dollop of clotted cream. It will make a great gift, and the blooms will last much longer than a freshly cut bouquet of flowers. Home care: Throughout the growing season, keep them quite well watered, but as they are sensitive to overwatering, allow the compost to get a little dry in between; during this time they should also be fed with a high potash fertiliser. Remove spent flowers as they fade and trim back any old leaves that are past their best. Overwinter on a south or west-facing windowsill and water less often. Repot each spring into a slightly larger, shallow pot filled with fibre-based compost. They can also be used as summer bedding - grow in fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil in partial shade.

Specifications

  • Position: partial shade
  • Soil: fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil or fibre-based compost if grown indoors
  • Rate of growth: average
  • Flowering period: March to November
  • Hardiness: tender (will need to be over-wintered indoors, or in a shaded greenhouse)

Eventual height & spread

Eventual height and spread

Care guide

Throughout the growing season, keep them quite well watered, but as they are sensitive to overwatering, allow the compost to get a little dry in between; during this time they should also be fed with a high potash fertiliser. Remove spent flowers as they fade and trim back any old leaves that are past their best. Overwinter on a south or west-facing windowsill and water less often. Repot each spring into a slightly larger, shallow pot filled with fibre-based compost. They can also be used as summer bedding - grow in fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil in partial shade.

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