Violet summer twilight: variety description, planting and care

Saintpaulia Summer Twilight recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. The variety was bred in 2007. The creator is Konstantin Lvovich Morev, a student of the most prominent breeder of Russia, Boris Mikhailovich Makuni.

Varieties Moreva are distinguished by their originality and are not inferior in quality to foreign ones, and often surpass them. Summer twilight has already entered the golden fund of the best violets of domestic selection.

Description of Moreva variety

The violet class is a compact standard. The outlet is neat, exhibition.

Leaves

The foliage is deep green, medium tone, closer to dark. Along the edge of a white border. The shape is harmoniously oval, the surface is quilted.

Flowers

Flowers - semi-double stars, have 7-12 wide slightly pointed petals, laid in light waves. Along the edge of a small corrugation. The shape of the flower is voluminous, lush. The diameter of the flower is 5-6 cm. Coloring: lilac-violet, with a thin white irregular border and eye. The color of the edge smoothly, but without a long stretch, flows into a saturated cold violet tone, giving the flower a watercolor look.

Buds are collected in brushes of 3-5 pcs. on each peduncle. They are strong, stocky, not long, bend slightly under the weight of the flowers, which easily form a neat hat in any growing conditions. Flowering is persistent, plentiful, lasts up to 3 months.

Advantages

Violet Summer Twilight has a lot of advantages, thanks to which it has gained not only collection fame, but also has become a popular variety for room decoration:

1. The characteristic decorative appearance, causing associations with the night sea, thunderclouds, evening twilight. A beautiful elegant combination of variegated foliage and white-purple flowers.
2. Exhibition quality. Compact, not "razlapisty" rosette, stable peduncles, abundant flowers.
3. No special requirements. This is a good-quality variety that will prove itself with the standard care for violets. It does not need special events, stable and reliable.

The violet will show its potential only by 2-3 flowering. The first flowers can be small and simple.

Growing conditions

The variety is not demanding. Special conditions are not needed. It grows well in ordinary apartments.

Conditions of detention:

Why should plastic dishes be preferred? It is easy to wash, when transplanting, it easily separates from the walls of an earthen coma, it is not exposed to temperatures, it protects well from overcooling or overheating of the roots by sun rays,

Propagation of Violets

Senpolia is easily propagated by leafy cuttings and peduncles. The second method is for professionals and is usually used only by breeders to consolidate the characteristics of a particular bud. At home, propagation by leafy cuttings is preferred.

Rules for choosing the cuttings:

1. Choose a sheet from the middle row, not too old and not too young.
2. It must be healthy, strong, resilient, without damage.
3. Be sure to evaluate the quality of the buds above the leaf, these signs will receive future young plants. Flowers should fully confirm the official description: large, with a clearly visible white border and eye, plentiful, terry.

Avoid taking cuttings from under the flowers with too thin a border and a dark shade - there is a risk of getting disputes with pure purple flowers without white color (copies with genetically absent characters).

Further actions:

1. The cut is cut obliquely, the cut is dipped in crushed activated carbon, the stalk is immediately, without drying, put in clean water.
2. Periodically, you should inspect the slice for the appearance of rot. If it appears, the affected area is again cut off, and the cuttings are placed in fresh water. In the future, it is changed daily.
3. After 1-1.5 weeks, roots will appear.
4. As soon as the roots reach 1 cm, the stalk is planted in standard soil for violets.
5. In a month, young plants will appear from under the ground.
6. They are carefully planted in small pots or plastic cups.
7. The mother sheet can be re-rooted.

If the stalk is too large, the process of the appearance of children can be delayed. In order to stimulate their growth, the upper half of the leaf plate is cut off.

Violet Care

Variegated violets are somewhat more demanding than usual, although the Summer Twilight variety is highly reliable - it will show itself with standard care. Nevertheless, it is worth considering its features.

1. It is desirable to keep cool, at a temperature slightly below normal room temperature: a white border and a shade of flowers will be more expressive.
2. A more careful attitude to lighting will be required. If the leaves become too green, the plant does not have enough light.
3. If you need a year-round flowering plant, lighting up to a 12-hour daylight is desirable.
4. Violets do not like spraying, but they need a sufficiently high humidity. It is achieved by installing plants on a pallet with wet pebbles, spraying air nearby or installing ultrasonic humidifiers.
5. Shaggy leaves of senpolia actively collect dust, therefore, in the room where the plant is standing, there must be impeccable cleanliness. Suppose a periodic shower for not yet flowering plants, but with caution.

Mr. Summer resident warns: errors when watering violets

Global mistake - wrong soil selection. The root system of violets is very sensitive to excess moisture. And if this moisture is too cold, bacterial rot and viral diseases cannot be avoided. Therefore, good drainage and light, air- and moisture-permeable soil are required.

Errors during watering:

1. Very cold water. Water temperature should always be 5 degrees above ambient temperature.
2. The liquid is taken from the tap and does not settle. Salt deposits on the soil "strangle" the roots, hamper the nutrition of the plant, this can even lead to complete death. The best water for it is rain or melt (water is frozen in the freezer, then thawed).
3. Frequent watering. Moisten the senpolia only if necessary. You need to touch the soil. If it is dry (but not dry), it's time to water. The frequency depends on the time of year, the temperature in the room, so there are no universal recommendations. Only a test by hand.
4. Too superficial. Water wets only the top layer. The roots located below do not receive moisture, and a zone of increased dampness forms on the surface - the risk of diseases in the plant increases. It should be watered qualitatively, so that the water completely passes through the earthen lump and appears in the pan. Excess moisture is drained.

Top dressing

Violets do not need much nutrition. In the spring, immediately after transplants, they have enough soil nutrients. During the appearance of buds, any complex fertilizers are used for flowering indoor plants. If there are bright spots on the leaves, the plant lacks nitrogen. Fertilizer "Clean sheet" is recommended.

Transfer

Children should be transplanted as needed, regardless of the time of year. As soon as the dishes become too cramped (violet leaves are more than 2/3 larger than the diameter of the dishes), the young plant is transplanted into a pot larger than the previous one, 2-3 cm in diameter. The method is transshipment. That is, the plant is placed in a new container, without violating the integrity of the earthen coma.

In the future, plants are transplanted once a year in the spring. Very old plants older than 5-6 years old will require a rejuvenation procedure. The outlet is cut off at the root, old leaves are removed, put in water. As soon as the roots appear, they plant it in the ground in the usual way.

For abundant flowering violets need a little cramped dishes. A large pot will cause the plant to direct all its forces into the tops.

Diseases and Pests

Possible disease pests are described in the table:

To avoid the above problems, it is enough to keep the flower in suitable conditions and follow the standard rules for caring for plants in the house. For all beginners, a shower and preventive treatment with insecticides is required. This will avoid the appearance of pests.

Creating comfort for the senpole Summer twilight is not difficult in an ordinary apartment. Healthy specimens successfully cope with diseases on their own, delight with fresh leaves and bright colors.