Are you in Zone 6? If so, it will get too cold for it all winter. I see it listed as hardy to Zone 9 or 10.

They will do well in a hanging basket indoors. That's how I bought mine. They're producing stolons and hanging down the side.

Care is supposed to be similar to espicias. Alsobias used to be classified as episcias, and when you look online most information groups them together.

Oh, I can see where the leaves do look a lot like an African Violet. I hope they are as easy to propagate! They only had one plant and my daughter wanted one, too. Thanks for the info!

Denise in SW PA

You're welcome. I don't know if you can propagate by leaf cuttings or not, but mine produces so many stolons, it won't take long to have more :-)

Alsobia Dianthiflora should be grown indoors. Like most Gesneriads, they can be grown outdoors but need protection from direct sun. Give it good light, as they will tolerate and need a little more than light than an AV to bloom properly. Be careful not to put in a south or west window without a sheer curtain. Especially in summer as the sunlight could burn the leaves.

I have found this plant is a little less of a bloomer than Alsobia Cynget and Alsobia San Miguel but it is still a pretty flower and a good grower.

Look at the violet barn website under epscias. They also have all sorts of growing tips in another section of their website. www.violetbarn.com.

Dave

This is the Alsobia dianthiflora I picked up at a chain hw store for a dollar. The birds in the store had eaten most of it so they said they weren't going to be able to sell it anyway.

I've got some of the stolons in aa small pot in case the "mmother" doesn't make it. I think she wants to live though!

I'm not sure why the photo didn't post.

Let's try again. Didn't work. Aaaaand again.....

Ah, there we go.

I'm the one who originated this thread. I tried to propagate from the stolen with no success so I rooted it in a glass of water and it worked fine. As soon as I had 3 or 4 roots, I put it in the soil and it's growing quite nicely now and rooting in different areas of the pot.

That's great! I'm glad you were able to be successful! The little clay pot thing didn't work out for me, I just wrapped the stolons around inside the pot with the root nub facing down if I could. The substrate EA put it in is actually not bad for that purpose.

do you think you'll get flowers any time?

The mother plant I got it from is blooming occasionally so I have high hopes. Mine is still young yet.

Can you get pictures of yours?

I'm out of town this week but I will take a picture when I get home next week and post,

Hi,

As promised, a picture. Started from a one stem cutting which I rooted in water, this little guy/gal has come along nicely in 3 months.

Yours is going to look better than mine will. You'll be able to sculpt yours and prune it so it stays neat.

I just took all of the crowns I could find and pinned them down into the pot. It's starting to get a little out of hand and apparently, you're not supposed to do that? Lol

You're also better at propagating than I am. I don't think I'd have a plant if I only started with one stem cutting!

So, is your "plant" actually a lot of individual plants?

I started mine from one cutting but I put a crown in the water and that is what rooted. After I planted it and it started growing, I took all the stems that grew long and placed them on top of the soil (still attached to the original)--some of them rooted and some didn't. Hmmmm, I just took a look at it and it looks like the original stem I planted is dying--if you look closely at the picture, you can see the "brown" stem directly in the center. Should be ok, though, because it's rooted in other places.

Why aren't you "supposed" to pin the crowns down?

Oh, you are but you're not supposed to let it get out of hand lol.

I'm not sure how many individual plants there are, they are all tangled up in each other's stolons.

All of mine are still connected, I'm not sure if they died back or if you're supposed to cut them off?