Last weekend I was able to tackle the Streptocarpus plants. Several of them did not survive the winter–tough to know why. But most of them were just dormant and looking terrible. So, I tipped them all out of their pots and trimmed an inch off the bottom of their roots, put fresh soil and Jobe’s organic fertilizer spikes in each pot (1/3 beneath the plant and 1/3 each in two places next to the plants.
I cut all the leaves and stems away with scissors rather than trying to pull the dead growth away. Pulling flower stems also pulls some of the new divisions away from the mother plant and I wasn’t in propagation mode.
Tulips have long been a favorite of mine and this year they reinforced my admiration by putting on a long and brilliant flower show in and around the memory garden.
