Content
- Is the violet suitable as a houseplant?
- Most violets are unsuitable as indoor plants
- The cyclamen - popular houseplant
- Maintenance effort - high or low?
- African violet - another houseplant
- Tips & Tricks
The African Violet is a popular houseplant
Is the violet suitable as a houseplant?
If you do not have your own garden, you may want to plant the violets in your home. But not too hasty! Are these plants suitable for pot and room culture? And what care do you need?
Most violets are unsuitable as indoor plants
There are more than 500 species in the world of violets. Most people need cool temperatures to get their flowers blooming. So also the well-known Duftveilchen, the forest violet, the pansy and the Hornveilchen.
But usually it is warm in the apartment between 18 and 22 ° C. That's way too warm for most violets! For this reason, most violets are not suitable as indoor plants. In addition, the air in the living room is often too dry due to heating. Even violets do not like that.
The cyclamen - popular houseplant
Although the cyclamen carries the word 'violet' in itself, it is not really a violet plant. It belongs to another plant family. But it is often used as a houseplant. It has low demands and attractive flowers.
Cyclamen love cool locations (12 to 18 ° C), for example in the hallway or in the bedroom. In contrast, locations in the overheated living room are completely unsuitable. Furthermore important is much brightness for these plants.
Maintenance effort - high or low?
It is enough to regularly water the cyclamen, to fertilize and to remove flowers that have died. After flowering, it should not be watered. In addition, the entire foliage is removed, so that it can recover in the summer in a shady place outdoors. In autumn, the cyclamen is repotted and brought back to the house.
African violet - another houseplant
Also the African violet does not belong to the viola. But even this specimen carries the term 'violets' in itself and is extremely popular as a houseplant. The following location and maintenance claims have it:
Tips & Tricks
If you really want to plant violets at home because you do not have your own garden, do not put them in the warm living room! Better suited as a location is the bedroom.There it is usually cooler.