Violets are perhaps the most popular flowers in the world. They can please a wide variety of species that differ in shades, the shape of leaves and flowers. One of the most interesting varieties is the Raisin variety - a flower that has unusual buds of blue color with white dots.
What does raisin violet look like?
Variety Raisins belongs to the genus Violets and the family Violet. In the world there are more than 600 species of this plant, but even against their background Raisins may surprise.
Violet Raisins with variegated flowers
Violet Raisins or DS-Raisins has a very memorable appearance due to its unusual inflorescences.
The compact bush has a height of 30-40 centimeters. Leaf plates grow immediately from the basal rosette and are teardrop-shaped. Their surface is smooth, and the color is solid dark green without interspersed or bright areas and veins.
Violet DS Raisins was bred by crossing varieties found in the late 19th century by one baron from Britain, who traveled to the east of Africa. Breeders made many different hybrids of these colors in the mid-20th century, the most beautiful of which was the violet DS Raisins.
It is interesting! Among some plant lovers there is an opinion that in Latin violet is written as "fialka". In fact, this is not so - in the west they are called Saintpolias (lat. Saintpaulia).
What is sport in fantasy senpolis
Often you can hear the term "violet sport", what does this mean? There is nothing complicated in this word, as varieties that, for a long time of their cultivation, managed to lose the properties and characteristics of their ancestral cultivar are designated. As a rule, such flowers can already be called a new subspecies of violets.
- Leaf sport
Leaf plates can undergo noticeable changes in shape and color. This is affected by the conditions of the bush, the method of its propagation, the quality of fertilizing and the pH level of the soil.
- Flower sport
Violet Sports suffers noticeable changes in the signs of its colors. Due to genetic mutations and the effects of certain external factors, the color and shape of the inflorescences can completely change. The ancestors of Raisins had a solid lilac color, and the current plant has left this external similarity in a small volume.
Features of Violet Care DS Raisins at Home
Violets can not be called unpretentious flowers, since there are several nuances in their care, which need to be paid special attention.
- Temperature
The most comfortable temperature for heat-loving violets is +23 degrees. Decrease or strong differences in its maintenance regime will lead to negative consequences for the plant.
- Lighting
The bush should be grown outdoors, but direct sunlight often burns the leaf plates of the flower, so you need to place the pot not on the southern sides of the house, but on the western or eastern.
You need to water the plant regularly
- Watering
The soil in the pot must always be moist, but loose. The plant is advised to water 2-3 times a week, and to retain moisture, you can mulch.
Important! After watering, it is recommended to loosen the soil 2-3 cm in depth.
- Spraying
Spraying is very necessary Highlight, especially in dry periods. In addition, this procedure removes dust and dirt from the leaf blades of the bush.
- Humidity
Humidity is of great importance for the normal growth of the bush. The most optimal indicator is - 50%.
To increase humidity, violets are sprayed with water near the bush, leaf plates are gently wiped with a damp cloth.
- Priming
The soil in the pot should be loose and light. So that the flower does not lag behind in development, fertilizers must be regularly applied to the ground.
- Top dressing
For feeding, it is better to choose ready-made complex mineral preparations. In their composition in high content should be phosphorus and potassium.
Violet top dressing should be carried out only in the spring and summer, in the autumn and winter they are contraindicated due to the extra load on the bush.
When and how it blooms
The flowering of raisins is a beautiful and memorable event due to the coloring of small buds.
Flowers have one type of color and shape for the entire variety. They are painted in a delicate purple hue and there are small white blotches on each petal. But some of them have these points only along the edges.
Blooming Violet Raisins
On one outlet can be from 5 to 10 flowers, which consist of one large wavy petal. Short yellow stamens are pronounced in the middle.
For reference! Violet has two noticeable flowering waves. The first begins in early April and continues until May, the second will follow immediately - from May to June.
Changes in flowering care
During flowering, they begin to reduce the frequency of top dressing, and nitrogen-containing drugs stop making at all.
Also during this period, the bush needs to be slightly moved away from the window so that the bright sun does not harm the buds.
How is the Senpolia DS Raisin propagated?
Picture 4 Planting a seedling in the ground
Senpolia is propagated by rooting leaves. The description of the procedure is as follows:
- cut a leaf from an adult plant under the root;
- put it end in water;
- when the roots appear on the leaf, you need to transplant it into a container with a substrate.
Attention! It is best to cut the leaves of medium size, not from the old, but not the youngest.
Transplant after purchase and during reproduction
For transplantation, you need a high-quality and nutritious soil mixture, which can be purchased in specialized stores or made independently. It is necessary to take soddy loose soil and mix it with river sand and humus.
Before you fill the substrate into the pot, you need to cover its bottom with drainage material, expanded clay crumb is ideal. After, a third of the capacity is covered with a soil mixture and the Saintpaulia is transplanted.
Immediately after purchase, it is not recommended to transplant the violet. It is advisable to keep it for 7-10 days separately from other plants, observing quarantine.
Possible problems in growing
All problems of the senpolia arise due to improper care. Excessive watering, dry air - this is a good environment for the occurrence of diseases and pests.
Leaf problems
A distinctive feature of the raisins is not only its buds, but also smooth and shiny leaves. However, often they begin to lose their natural beauty and the reasons for this phenomenon may be:
- lack of watering, due to which the leaves grow dull and begin to dry out;
- lack of minerals in the soil - the cause of curling leaves and the appearance of brown spots;
- hypothermia of the shrub - wilting of leaves, darkening of their sinuses.
Pests
Of the pests, the violet affects:
- thrips - suck juices from fleshy leaves;
- mealybugs - provoke the appearance of powdery mildew;
- ticks - not visible to the naked eye, the first sign of appearance is a thickened root rosette;
- nematodes are whitish worms that infect the roots of a flower.
At the first symptoms, you need to treat the violet with insecticides.
Disease
The most common violet diseases:
- powdery mildew - characterized by the appearance of white plaque on the leaves;
- rust - the formation of brown bulges on the foliage;
- bacteriosis - the death of the lower leaf plates;
- root rot - rotting of the root zones of the bush.
For treatment, it is necessary to completely cut off the affected parts, treat the rest of the shoots with fungicides.
Martyr dew on violet
When root rot is advised to transplant, completely changing the ground.
Signs of improper care
If the bush begins to fade and stops in its development, this may mean that mistakes have been made in its care. Often, violet reacts to adverse external factors by the absence of flowering, yellowing and twisting of foliage.
Important! The causes of problems can be not only insufficient care, but also its excessiveness. Abundant watering and frequent dressing negatively affect the health of the flower.
Violet Raisins - a delicate flower that needs special care. It may sometimes be difficult for beginners to cope with the capricious disposition of the plant, but coping with this problem, you can achieve a bright and unusual flowering of the bush.
