What is violet? It is a small perennial plant. Its leaves are heart-shaped. When blooming, the shade of the buds can be varied. The root system is slightly branched and thin. The fruit of the plant is a small box with a lot of seeds. Violet begins to bloom in mid-March and ends in May. The smell is absent. Currently, work is underway to ensure that the violet also has a pleasant aroma.
Violet: description, indoor or outdoor plant
To the question, violet is a houseplant or not, there is a simple answer that both of them, that is, flowers can be both indoor and outdoor. Moreover, this variety of very whimsical plants.
What does a violet look like
If grown at home, you need to choose the right pot, as the roots grow rapidly. The most optimal size is 9 × 9 cm. If the pot is larger, the plant may not bloom, and in places where the roots do not fill the ground, a fungus may develop.
Much also depends on the material of the pot. If you choose plastic, it is best to make holes on the sides so that the roots are ventilated and excess moisture merges after watering. If the choice fell on a ceramic pot, it is best to give preference to that without glaze, so that it can let air through.
Soil selection is also a highlight. It should be acidic enough, otherwise the buds will fall off without even blooming. The soil is best prepared from two parts of the earth and one part of sand.
Important! The description of the plant says that for violets, the acidity of the soil should vary from 6 to 6.5 pH.
It is better to plant these wonderful plants in the garden in slightly acidic or neutral soil. Saintpaulia (another name for violets) belongs to the class of photophilous plants. They are planted in pits 1-2 cm deep at a distance of 5-10 cm from each other.
What are the names of popular representatives
This beautiful flower is especially popular among gardeners. They can be found both in gardens and on the windowsills of many apartments.
There are three popular types of indoor violets:
- Grone. The leaves are purple or bright green. The height of the bush reaches 6 cm and a width of 5 cm. The hue of the buds is blue-purple;
- velvet saintpaulia. Her leaves are dark green, and the flowers are blue-violet. Their size is about 5 cm;
- violet. The shade of flowers is blue-violet. The leaves are dark green.
Violet
As they can call it differently
It is found all over the world. What are violets? Annual and perennial. The most common:
- swamp: grows, as a rule, in swamps;
- fragrant: grows in gardens and parks, is rare;
- pubescent: can be found in forests and fields;
- field: growing in the fields;
- amazing: grows in oak forests.
Other names for the plant are Saintpaulia or Uzambara violet. This decorative leaf plant has an underdeveloped root system. Leaves are usually green. The color of the flowers in senpolia is blue, purple and purple hues, so it is sometimes called tricolor.
Note! To determine if a flower has enough light, it is necessary to examine its leaves: if they look up, then it is not enough, respectively, if down - there is enough lighting.
Names of similarly confused plants
There are plants that are sometimes confused with violets. These are flowers such as:
- gloxinia. Has a short stem. The leaves are wide, similar to velvet to the touch. The height of such a flower is from 10 to 25 cm. The color of the petals is red, purple, white. Gloxinia with violet look like leaves;
- primrose is a perennial flower. The shade of flowers is blue, pink, lilac;
- achimenes. Bloom 2-3 times a year;
- Turkish carnation is a bright and unpretentious representative of the flora;
- pansies. The flowers are very similar to violets, but larger in size;
- Petunia is a large sprawling bush. Has more than 20 various shades;
- centopoly. She has flowers from light pink to dark purple;
- deikun. Has small flowers up to 4 cm in size. Does not like drafts and the bright sun;
- streptocarpus. Reaches a height of 30 cm. The flowers have the shape of an umbrella;
- love double. It mainly grows in the forest and requires good lighting;
- viola garden. It grows to a height of 30 cm in height. He loves more shadow than the sun.
Note! All these plants are very similar to violets, but still they are different from it.
What color are the leaves and stems
Leaves contain a lot of useful substances. A decoction of them can cure cough and gastrointestinal diseases. They have a round shape, integral with oval or heart-shaped contours. The leaves are quite brittle on short cuttings.
Leaves
The stem of the violet has a green color. Leaves can be from light green to dark green. Sometimes there are white with a dark border or variegated with various patterns. The inner side of the sheet can radically differ from the outer one, for example, have a purple hue.
Note! You can not spray the leaves of violets with water, as they are shaggy and absorb water very well. Because of this, a fungus can develop on the plant.
What are the leaves of violets
The leaves of the violets can be different in size, shape and shade, and the petioles are short and long. The shape of the foliage is round, wide, heart-shaped. The edges of the leaves are usually flat or jagged.
The color of the leaves is also diverse. There are ash, olive, bright green, emerald green, olive brown, dark brown, black green, etc.
Looking at the leaf, you can see some of the features of the plant:
- if violets have wavy lace leaves, then the flower will have beautiful openwork rosettes;
- if the leaves are dark, then the flowers of such a plant, as a rule, have a dark saturated color;
- light leaves are easily burned by the sun. Such plants are more whimsical.
Violet: Description of Flowers
These are very beautiful flowers that delight any eye. Like leaves, flowers can be of different sizes. Varieties from the smallest to the largest are bred. For example, the description of the coastal violet says that the flowers are simple, grassy, semi-double and double.
The buds contain anthocyanin glycosides and essential oil. Thanks to this composition, you can cure eczema, lichen, urticaria and cracked lips, and the juice from the flowers is used for a strong cough and smallpox.
Several dozens of flowers can bloom on one bush. By the fall, they turn into seed boxes. Their shape can look smooth and oblong.
Flower sizes: large or small
Sizes of violets can be varied. By the size of the outlets, they are divided into:
- microminiature. The size of such flowers is up to 6 cm;
- miniature - from 6 to 15 cm;
- semi-miniature - from 15 to 20 cm;
- standard - from 20 to 40 cm;
- large - from 40 to 60 cm.
Large size violets
Color of petals
The color of the petals can also be varied. According to the type of color, violets are divided into:
- monophonic. Flowers have only one color;
- two-tone. The buds open in two shades of the same color;
- two-tone or multi-color. Petals are painted in two or more colors.
Petals can have the following color combinations:
- border like petals, contrasting shade;
- plain border - when the outline of the sheet is white;
- double border.
Note! The size of the home violet depends not only on the plant variety, but also on the care of it, the soil, the volume of the pot.
Pattern or patterns on flowers
Flowers may have a border of a different shade. Also, they may have stripes, spots, interspersed in various shades. The following patterns on violet flowers are:
- fantasy border - these are small dots, drops that grow together in one spot;
- peephole - a large spot in the center of the flower;
- finger color - spots-prints in the middle or closer to the edge of the petal;
- Fantasy is a lot of strokes, peas, specks on the petals;
- mesh - a drawing on the flowers in the form of a mesh;
- streams are stains spreading over petals;
- rays - even stripes going from the middle of the flower to its edge;
- chimera - a clear strip in the middle of the petal.
Indoor violet, as well as garden violet, is an excellent decoration that will always bring aesthetic joy to its breeder. But before growing, you should familiarize yourself with the characteristics of the plant, since violet is a capricious representative of the flora and requires specific conditions for growth.
