Violet "Summer Twilight" (30 photos): description of the variety of the breeder Morev, cultivation features

Reproduction

You can get new bushes in several ways:

Leaf - for the procedure, cuttings of 2-3 rows are needed (they are cut off intentionally or during transplantation). The cuttings are placed in water (planted after the roots appear) or immediately in the ground and rooted. When the babies grow up a little, they are separated from the mother's leaf and looked after, like other individuals;
Peduncle - this variety is very delicate and the yield of children is very small. Healthy peduncles are rooted in the soil under the film, after the appearance of the children, everything is similar to the first method;
By dividing the bush - in the process of growth, stepchildren often appear under the leaves. By planting them, you can get new sockets. The procedure itself is very simple - you need to either wait until the stepson forms its own roots and then separate it, or separate it earlier and root it in water or soil like a leaf cutting;
Seeds are a very laborious and time-consuming process that only breeders resort to. After the seeds ripen, they are sown in light soil and make a greenhouse. When seedlings appear, they are aired, and eventually they are completely opened. Further care is the same as for other outlets.

Transplant rules, rejuvenation

You need to transplant Sunset if:

The roots of the plant appeared in the drainage hole;
The violet has been growing in this substrate for more than 2 years;
There is a suspicion of stagnant water in the pot;
The plant needs rejuvenation or deepening;
There are signs of nutritional deficiencies.

The transplant is carried out in the following order:

Remove a lump of soil with roots from the pot;
Shake or remove most of the old substrate;
Cut off too long, old and damaged roots, excess leaves;
Place the roots in new soil;
After 24 hours, water the Saintpaulia and top up the soil if necessary.

IMPORTANT! Leave the pot size the same!

When transplanting, be careful about autumn. Violets are fragile and delicate and easily damaged.

Be sure to rejuvenate Sunset when the plant reaches the age of 2.5-3 years. If the plant lives in one substrate longer, then the flowering will become less abundant, the flowers will be smaller. The violet is rejuvenated by cutting off the "head" (the point of growth and 2 tiers of leaves) and then rooting it in the greenhouse.

Violet, description and photo Summer Twilight (K. Morev)

Violets of breeders of the CIS countries - "L" (Morev).

Summer Twilight (K. Morev).

Summer Twilight, Letnie Sumerki (K. Morev).

A large double lilac-purple flower with a white eye and a white border that emphasizes the basic tone of the petals. The classic combination of white and dark blue with purple.

Leaves are green, variegated, even, quilted. Standard. Variegation often appears as the rosette matures. The rosette grows without any effort, very even and neat, oval in shape. Diversity and in the heat does not disappear anywhere.

I noticed behind him that in order to form a more pronounced variegated rosette, the violet must be underexposed. Now, in winter, when the day has become shorter, variegation has shown itself in all its glory.

Terry flowers with velvety petals, sometimes semi-double flowers are on the rosette. The edges of the petals are wavy, which gives additional volume to the flower. Blooms almost constantly.

The flowers are large, 5-6 cm, gaining size for a long time. At the first flowering, the flowers are not very large and not very double, in the next flowering the flowers become larger and fluffier

The contrast between white and blue is maintained under all conditions. On the peduncle there are 3 to 5 flowers. Strong low peduncles, abundant flowering, beautiful variegation. Blooms willingly. The hat is compact.The flowers last for a very long time, gradually opening up to form a bouquet. When the flowers are fully blooming, the peduncles may drop slightly under their weight.

Long-lasting and abundant flowering. Feels good on the window. The lack of light also affects the color of the flowers. If in the summer it blooms in deep purple, now it is blue-white flowers, moreover, the white border has become very wide.

The amount of white depends on the composition of the soil and the conditions of detention, the cooler, the more white border. The higher the temperature in the apartment, the paler the flower and the border disappears. As soon as the temperature drops, the color becomes saturated and the border is clear.

A very unpretentious variety. It is one of the most unpretentious and long-flowering among variegated leaves. It propagates well and quickly by cuttings. Children grow up quickly. It grows well and blooms both with top watering and on the wick.

Do you know that…?

Nematodes (Nematoda). Small worms 0.5-1.3 mm long. Among them, there are gall (root), stem and leaf nematodes. The main similarity of all these pests is that it is difficult to deal with them, and sometimes it is pointless. They affect the root system of the plant, sucking out cell juices and emitting harmful substances, as well as forming swellings of various sizes on the roots, similar to beads - galls (gall nematode lesions).

Before buying the violets listed below, carefully read their behavior on the windowsill on the forums. Many of them are very beautiful flowers. However, it can be large rosettes with large and fragile leaves, with leaves rising upward or hugging the pot, form many stepsons interfering with the formation of a neat rosette, pulls the stem up and grows into a herringbone, bending the trunk, rare flowering with long breaks, flowers that fall off or keep a little and wither quickly, very long and recumbent peduncles, the color of the flower quickly fades, they do not like bright lighting on the windowsill, they are afraid of the slightest drying out or waterlogging, a large percentage of sports or the darkening of the flower.

Are they suitable for your windowsill and the conditions you can create for them? You will be looking at flowers for several months, and the rosette is always in front of your eyes. There are many beautiful flowers, beautiful and neat outlets are much less, look first of all at the outlet! Search and you can find a dozen violets with the same color of flowers, if you are not interested in the smallest details, as a collector.

• - Lavalaguna (Lazarenko); • - Ladoga (Puminova); • - Leningrad Symphony (Center Mini); • - Forest Violet (Beekeepers); • - Letizia (Volskaya); • - Summer Rains (Aksenkina); • - Summer (Aksenkina); • - Lemonade (Aksyonkina); • - Lunatic (Kuznetsov); • - Lunar Garden (Pikalova); • - Moonlight (Arkhipov); • - Lyuba (Dadoyan); • - Favorite Toy (Vialkovod);

Chateau Brion

Peduncles are erect, powerful. Flowers are similar to pompons, large, double, wine shade. The edge of the petals is decorated with a wide, corrugated white border. The socket is standard. The leaves are slightly wavy, oblong-ovoid.

Variegated

There are 3 types of variegation. The most beautiful view is with bordering variegation. In such plants, light areas are evenly distributed along the contour of the foliage.

The color of variegation can be white, cream, white-pink, brown, grayish-pink, less often - yellow, dark pink. The intensity of the variegated color depends on the conditions of the plant and the air temperature. In a cool and well-lit room, the flower becomes brighter. With a lack of light, the leaves become greener, variegation in some cases disappears entirely (during flowering). By inheritance, the color is passed on poorly enough.

With crown variegation, the center of the rosettes is colored golden, pink and white. This species is the most stable, it is inherited.

Rows of green foliage alternate with colored foliage. During the flowering period, in most varieties, the center of the rosettes turns green.

Mosaic variegation is a more stable species. The foliage of such violets is partially or completely covered with an incorrect intricate pattern, similar to the pattern on marble or a mosaic of cream, pink, strokes and spots. This type of violets is quite rare.

Another species is known, this is spontaneous variegation. These plants do not transmit variegation from parent varieties.

Summer twilight

The flower is in the correct proportions. Flowering is abundant enough. Inflorescences are large, semi-double, contrasting. The background color of the petals is lilac-violet. The edges are trimmed with white ruffle. The leaves are variegated, slightly concave. The edges are slightly wavy. The rosette is even, spherical.

Blue dragon

The flowers are large, pale blue. The edge of the petal has a green-white border. The socket is powerful, flat. The leaves are dark green in color, with a crimson or purple tint on the inside. The variety is grown on a well-lit windowsill or loggia.

South night

The cultivar has dark blue simple star-shaped flowers with bright crimson fantasy peas and thin white edging. The foliage is dark green with pink splashes. The socket is flat, standard sizes.

Chic poppy

This is a variegated, large-sized flowers with a wavy fringed edge. Flowers reach 6 centimeters in diameter. The edges of the petals are hollow, similar to ruffles. The color of the petals is excellent, from light pink to orange-red tones. The leaves are pubescent, spatulate, decorative. Light greens from the center discolor and turn into white tones, making them variegated. At times, the leaves turn completely white.

Reproduction of violets

Saintpaulia is easily propagated by leafy cuttings and peduncles. The second method is for professionals and is usually used only by breeders to consolidate the features of a particular bud. At home, propagation by leaf cuttings is preferable.

Cutting selection rules:

The leaf should be chosen from the middle row, not too old and not too young.
He must be healthy, strong, resilient, without damage.
It is imperative to evaluate the quality of the buds above the leaf; future young plants will receive these signs. Flowers must fully confirm the official description: large, with a clearly visible white border and eye, abundant, double.

Cuttings should be avoided from under flowers with too thin a border and a dark shade - there is a risk of getting spores with pure purple flowers without white color (specimens with genetically absent traits).

Further actions:

The stalk is cut obliquely, the cut is dipped in crushed activated carbon, the stalk is immediately, without drying, placed in clean water.
Periodically inspect the cut for rot. If it appears, the affected area is cut off again, and the cuttings are placed in fresh water. In the future, it is changed daily.
Roots will appear in 1-1.5 weeks.
Once the roots have reached 1 cm, the cuttings are planted in standard violet soil.
In a month, young plants will appear from the ground.
They are neatly placed in small pots or plastic cups.
The mother leaf can be re-rooted.

If the stalk is too large, the process of the appearance of children may be delayed. To stimulate their growth, the upper half of the leaf plate is cut off.

Violet Summer Twilight: photo and description of the variety, the nuances of feeding

Saintpaulia Summer Twilight recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. The variety was bred in 2007. The creator is Konstantin Lvovich Morev, a student of the most outstanding breeder of Russia, Boris Mikhailovich Makuni.

Moreva varieties are distinguished by their originality and are not inferior in quality to foreign ones, often surpass them. Summer twilight has already entered the golden fund of the best domestic breeding violets.

Dignity

Violet Summer twilight has a lot of advantages, thanks to which it acquired not only collector's fame, but also became a popular variety for decorating premises:

The characteristic decorative appearance evokes associations with the night sea, storm clouds, evening twilight.
A beautiful and elegant combination of variegated foliage and white and purple flowers.
Exhibition quality. Compact, not "spreading" rosette, stable peduncles, abundant flowers.
No special requirements. This is a solid variety that will show itself with the standard care for violets.
Doesn't need special arrangements, stable and reliable.

The violet will show its potential only by 2-3 blooms. The first flowers can be small and simple.

Reproduction of violets

Cutting selection rules:

The leaf should be chosen from the middle row, not too old and not too young.
He must be healthy, strong, resilient, without damage.
It is imperative to evaluate the quality of the buds above the leaf; future young plants will receive these signs. Flowers must fully confirm the official description: large, with a clearly visible white border and eye, abundant, double.

Further actions:

The stalk is cut obliquely, the cut is dipped in crushed activated carbon, the stalk is immediately, without drying, placed in clean water.
Periodically inspect the cut for rot. If it appears, the affected area is cut off again, and the cuttings are placed in fresh water.
In the future, it is changed daily.
Roots will appear in 1-1.5 weeks.
Once the roots have reached 1 cm, the cuttings are planted in standard violet soil.
In a month, young plants will appear from the ground.
They are neatly placed in small pots or plastic cups.
The mother leaf can be re-rooted.

If the stalk is too large, the process of the appearance of children may be delayed. To stimulate their growth, the upper half of the leaf plate is cut off.

Mr. Summer resident warns: mistakes when watering violets

A global mistake is the wrong choice of soil. The root system of violets is very sensitive to excess moisture. And if this moisture is too cold, bacterial rot and viral diseases cannot be avoided. Therefore, good drainage and light, air and moisture permeable soil are required.

Watering errors:

Very cold water. The water temperature should always be 5 degrees above the ambient temperature.
The liquid is taken from the tap and does not settle. Salt deposits on the soil "choke" the roots, make it difficult to feed the plant, this can even lead to complete death.
The best water for - rain or melt (water is frozen in the freezer, then thawed).
Frequent watering. Moisturize Saintpaulias only when needed. You need to touch the soil. If it's dry (but not dry) it's time to water. The frequency depends on the season, room temperature, so there are no universal recommendations.
Only a test by hand.
Too superficial. Water only wets the top layer. The roots that are below do not receive moisture, while a zone of increased dampness forms on the surface - the risk of diseases in the plant increases.
Watering should be done well, so that the water completely passes through the earthen lump and appears in the pan. The excess moisture is drained off.

Planting and breeding

You can grow a violet using a leaf or rooting a side shoot.It is preferable to root the leaf in a loose and light soil based on perlite or vermiculite.

You can use a peat-distilled tablet or sphagnum moss. Before the procedure, the tablet must be left in water until it swells, then knead, mix with perlite. In the resulting mixture, you need to place a shoot or leaf.

The sphagnum is cut into small pieces, placed in a container, filling it to 13 times the total volume.

Cut off the side shoot or the top of the rosette with a sharp and clean knife, remove the bottom leaves, put on the moss.

The container must be covered with glass or foil to speed up the rooting process. Loose soil helps to facilitate and accelerate the process of germination of children.

Flower care includes the following procedures.

Watering

Lituanica loves moisture, but over-watering can ruin the roots so that they rot.

If the earthy clod dries up, this can also destroy the plant.

It is important to water the plant regularly, but in moderation. If the irrigation mode fails, you can save the plant from drying out by adding Zircon or Elin to the liquid

Dilute one or two drops per 100 g of liquid.

If the violet is watered too often, the leaves begin to wilt. You need to dig up the flower, examine the roots.

If a brown tint appears, we can talk about the beginning of decay. These areas should be removed, an antiseptic should be applied to the remaining roots - potassium permanganate, brilliant green, activated carbon or another drug. Then plant in new soil.

Transfer

The violet grows very quickly and may need to be transplanted into a larger pot. The handling method will help with this, it will help prevent injuries.

The bush, together with an earthen lump, is placed in the middle of a new container, covered with additional soil.

Leaves are removed from the shoots, only a few apical specimens are left. This process helps stimulate the emergence of young rosettes and revitalize the plant. After transplanting, you need to water the flower abundantly.

Fertilizer and feeding

The violet blooms well and for a long time. It needs to be fed periodically, maintaining the beauty of flowering and avoiding exhaustion.

Florists believe that the best fertilizer for her is Kemira-Lux. To prepare it, you need 20 g of fertilizer.

You need to dilute it in 0.5 liters of water. After adding 1 tbsp. l. concentrate for 3 liters of liquid. The violet is watered with this solution during flowering. It is necessary to alternate fertilization with watering.

Diseases and pests

Trailer Saintpaulias can be attacked by several pests.

Root nematodes. They are the most dangerous parasites that attack the plant. This round microscopic worm is able to penetrate living tissue, while sucking its cell juice and releasing harmful substances. The initial stage of the attack is almost invisible. As time passes, stem deformation and lethargy of foliage are observed. Subsequently, the areas that were affected by the root nematode begin to rot, and the flower dies. A preventive measure will be the correct choice of soil, which should not be taken from a greenhouse or greenhouse. And also nematodes do not tolerate the presence of manure in the substrate, so if possible, it should be added.
Thrips. The parasites look like small light-colored insects that can be easily spotted on a light flower. A violet infested with thrips produces underdeveloped buds. Having found the first signs of an attack by thrips, it is necessary to eliminate all flowers from the plant. The next step will be the treatment of the upper soil layer, as well as the bush with insecticides. Re-spraying should be done in a week.
The strawberry mite is a parasite that can be detected by the wrinkled and downy foliage, which, like cuttings, breaks easily. The buds are characterized by ugliness, they fall off. The stems that have been hit by the tick should be sprayed with Aktara or Aktellik, as indicated in the instructions.

Trailers can also be affected by fungal diseases. The most common types of infection are powdery mildew, gray rot, but plant petioles can also rot. If diseases are detected, it is worth immediately cutting off the affected areas and treating them with fungicides.

An overview of ampel violets is presented in the following video.

Breeding methods of the variety

Variety Summer twilight reproduces without problems by leaf cuttings. Violet leaves quickly take root in water or potting soil and quickly give birth to babies. Varietal characteristics during reproduction are fully preserved.

Violet Summer twilight propagates by rooting the leaf.

For rooting, you need to take a leaf of a dark color with a pronounced white border from the second row of the outlet. The lower leaves are too old, so you can't get full-fledged children from them. A dark color indicates a high content of chlorophyll, so babies in such a specimen are formed quickly.

The stalk is first placed in a glass of water, and after the formation of roots 1.5 centimeters long, it is moved into a pot with a sand-soil mixture. Cover the top with a transparent bag or transparent glass. When children appear on the handle, the shelter must be removed. Children are transplanted into pots for growing after the cuttings of the children grow up to 4 centimeters, and the diameter of the leaves reaches 3-4 centimeters.

The stalk can be rooted immediately in the soil mixture, bypassing the stage of growing roots in water. With this method of rooting, it is necessary to carefully monitor the condition of the soil so that the stalk does not rot from waterlogging and does not dry out from lack of water.

Violet can be propagated by rooting stepchildren rosettes formed in the axils of the lower leaves. The daughter sockets are separated from the mother with an awl or toothpick and planted in separate pots.

Characteristics of species with a photo

Tired sun

2005 variety. The rosette is large, with long petioles, rather neat. The leaf is dark green, quilted. The flowers are large (up to 6 cm), from simple, in the first flowering, to strongly double.

Violet petals are salmon pink, with a darker spot in the center. The speck appears on the seventh day after the opening of the bud and gradually begins to grow. Depending on the conditions of keeping, the central spot can completely fill the petals, but usually its spread ends in 4-5 millimeters from the edge of the petal, creating the effect of a wide border.

Attention: The variety feels great without additional lighting. When children reproduce from a leaf, it gives quickly, actively grows and gains green mass. Blooms seven months after planting

Blooms seven months after planting.

Stone Flower

2007 variety. Socket standard. The leaves are large and wavy (some breeders write about the strong curliness of the foliage that occurs under excessive light). The foliage is deep green.

The flowers are medium (up to 4 cm), semi-double and double. The color of the petals is ruby purple, with darker tips, a white border and a greenish fringe. The violet bud blooms in a lighter, more solid color and darkens throughout the flowering, the corner parts of the petals are much faster.

By the end of flowering, some parts of the flower are almost black. The color of the fringe also becomes more intense towards the end of flowering and stands out strongly against the background of the petals. The structure of the petals is dense, which makes it possible to better tolerate changes in air humidity. The bud fully opens in 3 weeks.

It does not produce flower stalks all at once, but gradually, so it is unlikely to get an abundant flower cap.

When breeding by a leaf of children, the violet gives reluctantly. It grows and develops very slowly to the size of a large starter. Then he begins to gain leaf mass more actively. An adult plant is unpretentious. Feels great on a windowsill with natural light, tolerates overflow and drought well.

Apple blossom

The breeder himself is not recognized as a variety, but impressed many flower growers and a donkey in their collections.

The outlet is not very neat, but lends itself to education when the lighting changes. Leaf petioles are slightly long. The foliage is juicy green, with a white dusting along the edge.

Simple and semi-double flowers are located on slender peduncles, which do an excellent job with a large number of buds. The color of the petals is pale pink. The flowering of Saintpaulia is very abundant and frequent, blooms with a cap.

Doesn't like excessive lighting. Feels good on eastern windowsills. When grown on a shelf, it is best to place it on the edge of the shelf.

Olesya

Seedling. The socket is neat and compact. The foliage is medium green, quilted. The flowers are quite large (up to 5 cm), very lush, elegant. They resemble a hemisphere in shape. The color of the petals is unusual - bright pink-neon with a darker eye and cherry speckles along the edge.

The plant produces a large number of peduncles, each with 4-5 buds. Therefore, it blooms with an amazingly beautiful and lush hat. Flowering is long, can last more than 2 months. Sometimes you have to remove the peduncles so that the outlet has time to gain green mass.

"Olesya", when multiplying by a leaf, quickly gives birth to children. After transplantation, it grows and develops well, gaining green mass. An adult outlet is unpretentious, easily tolerates changes in light, temperature and humidity.

We recommend watching a video about K. Morev's violet of the "Olesya" variety:

Summer night

2007 variety. The rosette is large and loose. Leaves are juicy green, slightly wavy.

The flowers are large (up to 6 cm), semi-double and double. The color of the petals is violet-blue with a white center and a white border around the edge. As it develops, "blurry effects" appear in the center of the petals. In bright light, the color of the petals fade slightly to a warm lilac.

Flowering is long, up to 2 months, but the plant produces flower stalks irregularly. The variety is sensitive to temperature changes. If it was cool in the room when the buds were laid, then the flowers will be lighter, and sometimes almost white, with light blue prints.

"Summer night", when propagated by a leaf, quickly gives birth to children. After transplantation, it grows and develops rapidly. There are sports, but not often. The variety very poorly tolerates the bay and excess lighting, in this case the leaves turn light green or turn yellow. In principle, it will feel good on the windowsill, without additional lighting.