Cape primrose 'Lucy'
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Lucy' is a compact perennial with strappy, softly hairy and wrinkled evergreen leaves. Pink flowers with ruffled edges and red and white markings at the centre are borne over a long season
Scientific classification
- Species
- Cape primrose 'Lucy' (Streptocarpus 'Lucy')
- Genus
- Streptocarpus
- Family
- Gesneriaceae
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- Toxicity
- Conservatory Greenhouse · Houseplants
- Plant type
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- Evergreen
- Foliage
- Bushy
- Habit
- Spring · Summer · Autumn · Winter
- Season of interest
- Partial shade
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
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Distribution of Cape primrose 'Lucy'
Distribution map
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Culture
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Toxicity
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Quick identification of Cape primrose 'Lucy'
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Cape primrose 'Lucy' care guide
- Keep soil lightly moist, allow minor dryness between gentle waterings
- Watering
- Partial shade
- Sunlight
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Watering
Keep soil lightly moist, allow minor dryness between gentle waterings
Fertilizing
FertilizingUltra-diluted houseplant flower feed biweekly warm growing months
Pruning
PruningDeadhead regularly and remove damaged leaves
Propagation
PropagationPropagate either by division of clumps or by leaf cuttings in spring or summer
Growing
GrowingGrow as a houseplant in free-draining compost on an east or west-facing windowsill, or grow in a temperate or warm greenhouse in bright filtered light with shade from hot sun. Water sparingly as compost dries in winter and in the growing season water freely allowing compost to dry out between waterings; feed fortnightly with a high-potassium fertiliser. See Streptocarpus cultivation
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Common pests and diseases
Diseases
May be susceptible to grey moulds (botrytis) or powdery mildews
Pests
May be susceptible to glasshouse leafhoppers, mealybugs, thrips, vine weevil and tarsonemid mite
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