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AFRICAN VIOLETS
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Trailing African violets
Unlike most other trailing varieties, ours are true trailers. All have a compact, natrurally crawling habit that requires little or no pinching. All are extremely profuse bloomers and are very highly recommended, especially for novices, since they require little maintenance to grow well. Pictured at left: no this is not Rob! it's Bob!!! The size of a trailing violet is determined by the grower. Because they are spreading plants by nature, even "miniature" varieties can grow into very large plants. The plant picture above, for example, is a semiminiature variety but, because it has been allowed to spread (and been grown well), it has become a very large plant. Should you wish to grow yours smaller, simply keep the plant pruned-back by pinching the tips of runners to limit its growth. Personally, we prefer to grow our trailers as ground covers. This is how the plant shown above was grown. As the plant spreads, place it into wider, but still shallow (no deeper than 2-3"), pots. Trailers have a shallow root system. Occasional pinching, pruning, and removal of foliage will encourage even more dense, lush, growth. Go to our "Library of Articles" in our "Culture Corner" pages for more detailed information. If you'd like to grow yours in a hanging basket, perhaps in a window, this can be easily done with trailers. Simply grow it in a somewhat smaller pot and let the runners crawl over the pot edge and "hang". Since a window tends to illuminate only the side of the plant facing it, it's important to regularly turn the plant, and to hang it low enough so that the top growth receives light.
Second row: Third row: Bottom row: Price: $5.00 each unless noted otherwise
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Rob's Galiwinku. Terrific grower, #1 show-winning trailer in country in 2003. Double orchid w/dark blue fantasy. Very vigorous plant with an excellent growth habit. Great blooming semimini showplant #8059 $5.00 Rob's Gundaroo. In very high demand because of it's unique baby-blue blooms. If you like this shade of blue, you'll have to own this one. Profusion of medium baby-blue double blooms. Semimini #9294 $5.00
Rob's Jindalee. Very heavy bloomer, great trailing foliage. Tons of dbl. blue blooms often mottled white on tips. Dark green, pointed, serrated leaves. Excellent trailing habit. Semimini #8176 $5.00 Rob's Lilli Pilli. The easiest of them all to grow and bloom. Sdbl. deep lavender-pink pansies w/dark blue fantasy streaks. Trails great, constantly in heavy bloom. Semimini #8063 $5.00 Rob's Sailor Bill. Back by popular demand! Double rose-pink blooms with darker eye. Great pointed foliage. A heavy bloomer, too. Semimini. $5.00 Rob's Sticky Wicket. Ranked as the #1 show-winner in 1991, '92, '93, '95, '97 and still winning! Sdbl. fuchsia blooms over the very best trailing foliage around. Very vigorous grower that will, crawl and spread like crazy! Terrific showplant, too! Semimini #6467 $5.00 Rob's Toorooka. Constant masses of fully dbl. deep rose blooms, often mottled white on tips. Terrific, densely growing foliage. Tons of bloom on excellent, tiny foliage. Great little semimini #8069 $5.00 Rob's Vanilla Trail. Loads of fully dbl. cream to blush-white blooms over very dark, serrated, semimini foliage. Easy growing, heavy blooming. #9296 $5.00
Rob's Willawong. Plenty of cupped, bright pink sdbl. pansy buttercup blooms. Nice, medium green foliage. Small semimini #8181 $5.00 FROM OTHER HYBRIDIZERS: Amadie Trail. A wonderful, old variety. Dbl. lilac blooms are profusely produced over great, dark, small trailing foliage. A great grower that makes a lovely plant. (Clive) $5.00 Cirelda. Terrific fully double pink blooms. Medium dark trailing foliage. #3620 (Tracey) $5.00
Fancy Trail. Plentiful deep dbl. pink blooms and round, crown variegated foliage. A colorful combination on a very easy-growing plant. Small standard-sized trailer. #3674 (Lyon) $5.00 Ramblin Lace. Fully double light pink to blush white stars. White and green crown variegated, small standard trailing foliage. #6361 (Sorano) $5.00 Ramblin Lassie. Something really different. Sdbl. blue-lavender stars and variegated girl foliage! Semiminiature. Requires a bit more work in training, but is very unusual and pretty. #9022 (Sanders/Brenton) $5.00 S. grotei silvert clone. Wonderful little clone of this trailing Saintpaulia species. Loads and loads of single blue violet blooms and small, dark, naturally-trailing foliage. $5.00 Sunrise Waltz. Double bright fuchsia-red blooms atop green and gold crown variegated small standard trailing foliage. Very easy, very profuse bloomer. #7995 (Sorano) $5.00 Teeny Bopper. The smallest-leaved of all violets! Tiny, single, dark purple bells on the very tiniest, glossy, dark green foliage imaginable. This is an extremely tiny grower with an upright, branching habit. A mature plant, with a hundred or more leaves, can fit in a 2" pot. Not a difficult plant but, nevertheless, not recommended for the true novice because of its very small nature. Miniature #5017 (Lyon) $6.00 Price: $5.00 each unless noted otherwise
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Trailers
are the same as other African violets in every way except one--growth
habit. These are branching plants that have a naturally
spreading habit. Because they grow multiple-crowned, they can produce huge
amounts of foliage and bloom. Because of their growth habit, they are
especially suitable for windows
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