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RE: Slow day on the list

>The other plant is merely a pot of cuttings but it it Streptocarpella 
>(also a gesneriad).  I am really taken with the soft,soft leaves on this
>plant.  It blooms light purple and is a very popular hanging basket
>plant sold in the spring.  I have quite a wait before my little cuttings
>are as spectacular as the 'store bought baskets," but a friend gave it
>to me so that makes it a special plant indeed.

I love this plant!  Even when it's not in bloom it's very pretty.  And
those delicate purple blossoms that dangle on those long stems
are so beautiful.  I got mine about 2 months ago covered with blooms,
and it's already reblooming.

>I also bought a heliotrope.  They have the best scent!  Better than
>lilacs, I have decided! It will go out to the garden in another week or
>so, but in the meantime I have it in the kitchen to enjoy. I understand
>they need cool temperatures to survive indoors in the winter.  Don't
>know if I will try to overwinter it or not.

The smell of heliotropes is my all-time favorite scent.  A lot of books
and magazines say it smells like cherry pie but I think it smells like
vanilla.  I have three purple ones in containers outside my front door
and I'm tempted to go out and get the strongly scented white ones
the garden center just got.  I tried to overwinter them last year in my
apartment but I didn't have a cool room, and the warm dry air killed 
it (and let it get infested with spider mites).  Until I get a house with
a cool greenhouse or garage I'm just going to treat them like annuals.

Cami
utaar@cybernw.com
Portland, OR (Zone 8)
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