Interesting Plant: Streptocarpus ‘Harlequin Blue’
Interesting Plant: Streptocarpus ‘Harlequin Blue’
There are some plants that just look “alien” or painted or Photoshopped, but I have been assured — via many mentions in the coverage of the Chelsea Garden Show — that Streptocarpus ‘Harlequin Blue’ is indeed a real plant. It is quite amazing to see bloom with such a clear definition between their two colors and the dramatic shape of the flower only helps to point out its special nature. I hadn’t heard much about streptpocarpus in the past, but after seeing ‘Harlequin Blue’ I will certainly be paying more attention to them in the future.
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More information on Streptocarpus ‘Harlequin Blue’
- Harlequin Blue named RHS Plant of the Year in The Telegraph
- Streptocarpus ‘Harlequin Blue’ at Dibley’s
- Streptocarpus ‘Harlequin Blue’ on the RHS Web Site (with video)
Previously in the Interesting Plant series:
- Nigella damascena (love-in-a-mist, ragged lady)
- Epiphyllum (Orchid Cactus)
- Sempervivum ‘Westerlin’
- Gladiolus ‘Kings Lynn’
- Hosta sieboldiana ‘Dorothy Benedict’
- Begonia “Escargot”
- Asparagus Pea (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus)
- Rosa banksiae (Lady Banks’ Rose)
- Primula ‘Victoriana Silver Laced Black’
- Oxalis versicolor
- Poached Egg Plant (Limnanthes douglasii)
- Parisian Carrots
- Fritillaria imperialis Rubra Maxima
- Clematis “Fascination”
- Swiss Chard “Bright Lights”
- Georgia Rattlesnake Melon
- Dianthus Barbathus “Green Ball” or “Green Trick”
- Coleus “Religious Radish”
- Black Forest Calla Lily
- Black Bamboo