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Browallia americana |
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Common name |
bush violet |
Family |
solanaceae |
Life cycle |
annual |
Flowers |
blue (spring-summer) |
Size |
2' |
Light |
sun-part shade |
Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
From seed |
germinates at room temperature detailed seed-starting info below
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When we grew this in Pennsylvania, we got full, bushy plants with lots of white-eyed blue flowers. So I decided to try again in Houston, but somehow the results are much less impressive here: spindly plants with only a few flowers. Not sure if its the seed or the conditions that are different.
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| Pennsylvania plant |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: houston back yard About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following commentsphilip Jenkins | Jul 05, 2010 | I am studying the evolutionary patterns that formed our modern Solanaceae. It has been shown in Chloroplast DNA studies that Browallia americana likely is a primitive member of the family that branched from the Convolvulacee (Morning Glories) about 65mya as Africa separated from South America and the Andes began to rise. In its native Peru it shows a huge variability with habitat, but returns to the "Garden Variety" in cultivation. I would like to know if you have seen any of this variability in the Cultivated plants, and if so, could I get seed samples of this variability? I would be most interested in plants that show variability, esp in the inflorescence and Calyx color. If you could provide me with some variability I would be interested in purchasing as wide a variety as you can find. Many thanks for your observations and the possible aquisition of any variability you may see. And can this be separated from your homogenous packaging. Thanks for any help you might offer. I haven't observed them closely enough to be of help - but perhaps other visitors to this site can offer their observations. |
- Seed from HPS Feb03 exchange. Baggy, 70F with light (>90%G, 3d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy, 70F no light (100%G, 4d)
- Seed from '04 garden. Baggy 70F (100%G, 4d)
- Seed from '04 garden. Baggy 70F (90+%G, 4-7d)
- Seed from '04 garden. Baggy 70F (92%G, 4-6d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70F (95+%G, 4-8d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70F (78%G, 6-8d)
Conclusion: light seems not to be critical to germination. Seeds hold up OK in cool room temperature storage.
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