Violet Lovely Creole

Violet The beautiful Creole belongs to a rather large genus called Saintpaulia. This genus is a rather interesting part of the violet family, since its representatives have very little resemblance to ordinary indoor violets, to which we are all accustomed. Nevertheless, in this article we will still call the violet Beautiful Creole exactly violet, and not any other word, since this will be easier not only for us, but also for you.

However, the unusual origin and amazing decorative properties of this violet do not prevent it from being an incredibly popular plant in floriculture. And that is why today we will consider all the pros and cons associated with it, and also learn how to properly care for this plant so that it delights you with its beautiful flowering as long as possible.

Violet Beautiful Creole: photo and description of the variety

Photo of the violet variety Beautiful Creole

As already mentioned, the Beautiful Creole violet is very different from what grows in your pots on the windowsills. First of all, of course, it should be noted the flowers, which have an incredibly rich dark blue hue, which will definitely delight your eye.

Also, along the edges of the petals, you can observe a thin lace border, which is most often painted in white or beige. The core of the flower also has a characteristic bright color, and it is painted in yellow tones. In size, each individual flower reaches about five centimeters.

By the way, it should be noted that the lace border can practically disappear if the violet Beautiful Creole is grown in too hot conditions, which, however, we will talk about later.

Photo of the violet variety Beautiful Creole

As for flowering, it is completely different from what we observe in ordinary indoor violets, since the violet variety Beautiful Creole blooms for only one month, which, of course, is one of the main and most unpleasant disadvantages of this plant ...

That being said, it should also be noted how slowly the buds bloom, which also shortens the time for how long you can observe this violet in all its glory. The flower stalks of this variety are quite strong and stable, and therefore, if you take good care of the plant, a rather large number of buds can appear on them. Most often, they grow in one bundle, however, even with insufficient lighting, each peduncle rushes in a random direction in search of a brighter place.

Violet Lovely Creole: photo of the variety

The leaf plates are rather large, especially in comparison with the buds of this violet. They are painted in a very rich dark green color and have brighter veins on their surface, which form an ordinary pattern. The edges of the leaves are very wavy, which automatically makes them much more decorative and interesting. As for the outlet from which the stems of the plant grow, it is quite neat and symmetrical.

Variety of violets Beautiful Creole. How to properly care for a plant

Photo of the violet variety Beautiful Creole

Of course, the violet Beautiful Creole does not belong to the most unpretentious plants that can survive even if they are completely deprived of the owner.Therefore, if you want to watch her wonderful flowering longer, you will have to take very good care of her and provide her with the best conditions. Therefore, we offer you detailed instructions that will tell you how to do this.

Lighting

First of all, you will have to take good care of providing good lighting for this plant, since it is it that largely determines how long and how brightly the violet will bloom. To get started, you will need to make sure that this plant is at least fourteen hours of daylight hours. However, this time is relevant exclusively for the summer. In winter, a ten-hour sunny day is quite enough.

As for the light itself, it should be moderately bright. However, this does not mean that direct sunlight will do the plant a good service. The fact is that being under the scorching sun can be dangerous for the Beautiful Creole violet variety, and therefore the location on the windows of a southern orientation is completely contraindicated for it. It would be much better to choose a west or east window, on which the sun's rays will not cause significant damage to the violets LE-Lovely Creole.

However, even on the south window, it is quite possible to provide the Beautiful Creole violet with suitable conditions. However, you need to understand that for this you will have to significantly reduce the lighting in the entire room by covering the window with a special film. Few people want to go for this for the sake of just one flower, and therefore the western and southern orientations, of course, are preferable.

Temperature regime

It should be noted that to grow this plant, you definitely do not have to turn your home into a real greenhouse or, conversely, live in constant cold. Violet Beautiful Creole lives wonderfully at room temperatures, and, accordingly, if you feel comfortable, then she will feel comfortable.

Violet Lovely Creole: photo of the variety

This state corresponds to temperatures from twenty-three to twenty-six degrees Celsius. Roughly the same applies to winter, when the plant begins a dormant period. At this time, the optimum temperature will be either eighteen or twenty degrees Celsius.

However, being on the windowsill at this time will be extremely undesirable, since it is under them that heating elements are most often located, which can extremely harm the plant with their heat. The same, by the way, applies to the flowering period. Since if during it too high temperatures affect the LE-Beautiful Creole violet, there is a considerable chance that the flowers will turn out to be dull and will not have a lace border, as we have already told you about earlier.

Humidity

Humidity to provide ideal conditions for this plant should also not be sky-high. Values ​​from fifty to sixty percent are quite enough for you. However, if your home is dry enough, you can get an automatic sprayer and set it to the lowest setting.

However, you must be very careful, and you should also never spray the plant with a spray bottle or wipe it down with a damp cloth. The same goes for positioning the sprayer too close to the plant.

The fact is that the leaves and petals of the violet Beautiful Creole have a fleecy structure, and therefore the water, falling on them, will linger there for a very long time and will definitely not evaporate in the near future. And water is an ideal place for the growth and development of all kinds of fungi that will not miss the chance to get into your plant and begin the process of its decay.

That is why you will definitely have to refuse from manual spraying. If the room is too dry, a container with water placed next to the plant can help you, since moisture will gradually evaporate from the surface and spread throughout the room.

Violet Beautiful Creole.Plant transplant

Violet LE-Lovely Creole: photo

This operation is not only very important for maintaining the correct growth and development of the plant, but also quite difficult, and therefore we decided to pay more attention to it.

Choosing a pot

First of all, it should be noted that not all pots are good for the Beautiful Creole violet. Therefore, you need to be very responsible even when choosing a container in which your plant will grow.

The fact is that absolutely all Saintpaulias grow very well in wide, but not very voluminous containers due to the peculiarities of their root systems. Therefore, the optimal diameter of such a pot, which is exactly suitable for an adult plant, is from eight to ten centimeters, but the volume should not exceed a third of a liter.

In the event that you choose a larger pot, then you can not even hope that the LE-Lovely Creole violet will quickly give flowers. The fact is that such violets are very fond of filling absolutely all the space given to them with roots and greens. Therefore, this will be what the Beautiful Creole will do in the first place, as well as exactly what she will spend most of her energy on.

Therefore, choose pots of only those sizes that suit your particular bush. In order to find out what these dimensions are, you can use an approximate formula, which says that the pot should be three times smaller in diameter than the plant itself.

As for the frequency of transplanting, it should be noted that violets are among those plants that incredibly quickly consume the fertility of the soil in which they grow, and therefore the factor that will force you to repot the plant again and again is far from its increase in size, but it is the depletion of the soil.

On average, the critical level of depletion of the soil in violets reaches somewhere in a year, and therefore it is with such an interval that you should carry out the transplantation procedures. By the way, transplanting allows you not only to eliminate the problem of impoverished soil, but also helps you to eliminate diseased or old leaves and stems, which will significantly accelerate the growth of the plant and rejuvenate it.

You should also take care to slightly deepen the violet. Beautiful Creole when planting. This is done approximately to the level of the lowest leaves.

What soil does violet LE-Lovely Creole prefer?

By the way, we never talked about soil, with which the violet pot is to be filled. Beautiful Creole. First of all, it should be understood that it must be sufficiently loose, since otherwise it is highly likely that new flower stalks and stems will not be able to break through the soil and die even underground.

Therefore, even those gardeners who are experienced enough to make potting mixes on their own strongly recommend young and inexperienced beginners to use the mixes that are offered in various garden shops.

The fact is that they are ideally balanced and have sufficient looseness, which will provide the Beautiful Creole violet with fast and efficient growth. However, it may happen that next to you there is no soil for Saintpaulias, and therefore you still have to make it with your own hands.

To do this, you need the following ingredients: peat, leafy soil, river sand, sphagnum moss, vermiculite and charcoal. They are mixed as follows: six to ten to two to two to one to two, respectively.

It is by no means recommended to use outdoor soil, as it contains a huge amount of bacteria, viruses, fungi and other pests. However, even if you sterilize it completely, its consistency will still be very far from ideal.

Nevertheless, it is perfectly acceptable to take forest soil, of course, after disinfecting it.To do this, you can either heat the soil in the oven, or, conversely, hold it in the freezer.

Landing algorithm

Now that we have dealt with the pot and soil, we can proceed directly to the transplanting process, which we described in detail below.

First of all, you need to very carefully and carefully remove the plant from its pot. However, you do not have to do this with an earthen lump, of course, if you are completely sure that you will not harm the roots.

After that, you need to carefully examine the root system and make sure that there is absolutely no damage to it. In the event that you find them, you should immediately remove those roots that have been damaged and treat the cuts with grated charcoal to avoid re-infection.

It may also happen that after the removal of the damaged parts, the root system will become much smaller. If this is the case, you should consider replacing the pot with a slightly smaller one.

After that, you need to fill the pot with drainage, thanks to which you will be sure that the water will not linger in the ground for a long time and will not cause putrefactive diseases.

After that, the soil mixture prepared by you is poured over the drainage and a small hole is formed in it for the violet itself. The plant sits in a hole prepared for it, and all the remaining cavities are also covered with earth.

Now that everything is ready, you can cover the plant with a plastic bag for some time (from one to two days), thanks to which it will be able to get used to the new living conditions much faster. Also, the bag will prevent moisture from evaporating too quickly. However, keep in mind that you need to make small holes in it, which will allow the plant to breathe normally.

In the event that the transplant is unplanned and does not require delay, all flowers need to be cut, since they will only be a burden for your violet, which will greatly interfere with her adaptation.

Diseases and pests

Violet Lovely Creole: photo of the variety

In fact, it should be noted that if you take good care of the plant and do not violate the rules established above, then the likelihood that your flower will get sick with something tends to zero. However, if the problem does occur, you should do your best to fix it, which will help you with the following instructions.

First of all, we will tell you about what you are already familiar with. As already written above, in the event that the room in which the plant is located is too humid, small brown spots begin to appear on its surface, which signal a disease called late blight. Also, the appearance and development of the disease can be accelerated by the low temperature in the room, however, the main causative agent is still humidity.

In order to save your flower from this scourge, you can use drugs such as Hom or Oxykh. However, they can not always help, and it will be possible to really heal the plant only if you noticed the disease in time and immediately took the necessary actions.

Otherwise, it will be impossible to help the flower. In the event that not the leaves themselves turn brown, but the cuttings, it can be assumed that your violet has become infected fusarium. This is a very unpleasant fungal disease, which is caused by the same waterlogging. However, cold water plays a much more important role in its development, which is very harmful to violets.

In order to defeat the disease, you can use Fundazol, which gets rid of the fungus inside the plant directly. However, you can no longer help the affected and damaged cuttings.

In the event that on the surface of the plant you observe a white, dust-like coating, this signals that the flower is developing powdery mildew... This disease is also caused by a fungus, and therefore high humidity and low temperatures also contribute to its occurrence.

It can also help the disease develop and take over the plant. excess potassium fertilizers or lack of phosphorus... In order to prevent the spread and save the plant, you can spray the bush with copper sulfate.

Now let's move on to insects, which also leave a lot of harm to the plant. First of all, it is worth talking, of course, about thrips, since they are the ones who most often attack the violet Beautiful Creole. It is easy to notice their presence: the leaves will be gnawed very strongly, and black dots will form in places where insects have been.

In order to overcome them, as, indeed, and almost any other pest, you will need to resort to the use of insecticides.

Deformation of the leaves, their curling, as well as the general sluggish state of the plant can signal that the flower has been attacked. mealybug... They are much easier to detect than previous pests, as they are quite large and noticeable.

However, this also means that they can do significantly more damage to the plant. Therefore, you need to fight them immediately and use the same insecticides for this.

Also, one of the most frequently attacking violets is the Beautiful Creole insect. aphid - the sworn enemy of absolutely all flower growers, gardeners and gardeners. Nevertheless, it is quite easy to cope with it, without even resorting to the use of insecticides, which some gardeners, by the way, do not like.

In order to defeat aphids, it is enough just to wash the flower with soapy water, which will immediately drive away small fans of chewing flowers.

Prevention methods

Violet Lovely Creole: photo of the variety

However, as you know, the best way to deal with absolutely any disease is to prevent their occurrence. Therefore, we will introduce you to how to protect your violet and prevent it from being captured by fungus or aphids.

First of all, you should understand that the store for the Lovely Creole violet is not as well looked after as you do at home. Therefore, as soon as you bring an individual home, you need to isolate it and try to identify if it has any diseases.

If they are found, they must be healed immediately, and only then the flower should be reunited with its brothers. You should also be aware that drugs such as Fitosporin or Fitoverm are completely harmless to both people and plants, and therefore, even if you are not sure whether the flower has a disease, it is better to spray it. This will not cause any problems, but both you and your Lovely Creole violet will sleep more peacefully.

When transplanting the Lovely Creole violet, never forget to disinfect the soil, even if it is purchased. Caution hasn't hurt anyone yet. The cold is very bad for the violet, and therefore keeping it too cool or constantly exposing it to drafts is the worst thing you can do with this delicate plant.

Conclusion

Violet Beautiful Creole is an extremely unusual, interesting and beautiful variety, which is not only easy to take care of, but also useful, since by doing all these simple daily procedures, you are constantly gaining experience and floricultural wisdom. We hope that our article has clarified all the questions that you might have about caring for this wonderful violet, and you can easily solve all the problems that you have. It remains only to sincerely wish you good luck in this.