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Cape primrose
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Cape primrose
n.
Any of various chiefly African plants of the genus Streptocarpus, widely cultivated as houseplants for their attractive foliage and clusters of showy colorful flowers. Also called streptocarpus.
Cape primrose
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) See streptocarpus
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Noun1.Cape primrose - any of various African plants of the genus Streptocarpus widely cultivated especially as houseplants for their showy blue or purple flowers
genus Streptocarpus - large genus of usually stemless African or Asian herbs: Cape primrose
streptocarpus - any of various plants of the genus Streptocarpus having leaves in a basal rosette and flowers like primroses
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As spring approached, our streps - a collection of streptocarpus or Cape primroses - appreciated the lengthening days and bloomed for months at a time in numerous shades of blue, pink, yellow and white with delicate purple veining.
Conservatory has done wonders for our mistreated old pot plants by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
The rosette-forming kinds of streptocarpus from which modern hybrids are produced come from the Drakensburg Mountains of South Africa and have foliage similar to primroses, hence their misleading nickname of Cape primroses.
Plant of the week: Streptocarpus by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Win cape primroses STREPTOCARPUS or cape primroses are among the loveliest house and conservatory plants and we are offering 15 collections, each of five plants, including three completely new varieties.
VALUABLE EVERGREEN; GARDENING: This spring gardening bonanza, the ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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