Nice. My leaves are all white in the winter.

Thank you for posting!

Beautiful. RB seems to be a highly desired variety that people love to photograph!

Elsa, yours sounds better than mine.

Plantsman, It is highly variable in the variegation of leaves and color of blossoms. Your plant is more typical than the white version. Elsa, You might be able to help with the greening by using a fertilizer with higher ratio of Nitrogen.

Plantsman, What level of difficulty in growing is involved? Is this grown under lights?

Joanne

Joanne,

Can you recommend a fertilizer which is high in nitrogen? Or should I use Epsom salt?

This is my plant, whiter than snow white :D

I'd like to jump in here with my own Rose Bouquet, fresh from the nursery this weekend. Fell in love with it when I first saw it. Lots of green foliage on this one, probably typical when variegated plants are grown in a southern climate.

Since you use an AC - and the nursery probably keeps temperature in their growing area higher than your home - it will whiten up a bit.

Irina, Thanks for advice that flowers of rose bouquet last long.

Elsa, I will look up the name of the fert ilizer and report tomorrow. Your plant is stunning.

I decided on the fertilizer because it has other nutrients. We had a discussion here a month or so ago on this topic. I found a formula with non-urea Nitrogen, which is best for violets. It was among the selections of a well-stocked garden center. Or it can be ordered on line. I have so far only used the Ni rich fertilizer a couple of times in a dilute amount. The center leaves on mine are still white. The blossoms lighter than yours.

I have not used epsom salts in a few years. At the time, I lost some AVs. So this time I thought it safer to use the formula made for violets. It has many organic nutrients. I alternate with a dilute organic balanced formula for blooms of a different brand. Then two alternate waterings of plain spring water. Joanne

For me, these variegated AVs are easy to grow. I have a shelf full of them with a 4 foot shop light set at 12/12. I use the Dandy pots which have wicks for automatic watering. I'm using 360 day Nutricote 18-6-8 with minors. It literally lasts an entire year. Your green plant will get more color. As soon as you grow them for a few months in air conditioning, the new leaves will show better color.

That is so beautiful!!

Elsa, the nitrogen rich fertilizer i used is by Dyna Gro Foliage Pro. It is in stores or by Amazon. Joan

Joanne, thank you

Plantsman, thanks for the info. I saw some you tube videos on dandy pots, and the results of cold temps on variegation, fading it. Still learning.

Joanne, what does that mean when variegation gets 'faded'? Does that mean a less intense contrast between the white and green?

The colder temperatures will increase the amount of variegation in the leaves as they come out. There will be less green in comparison. When it warms up, there will be less variegation. My house never gfwts above 74 degrees, but thus winter, it went down to mid 60s during our colder events. To me, the plants looked better. Some people who have multi layered shelves with lights will put their variegated plants on the bottom rows just because of the heat from the lights rising through the other shelf areas.