Streptocarpus are the nearest relative of African violets, even though they look quite different. Terri shares her tips for growing sturdy happy streptocarpus in your home. She adds some surprising tips to achieve the beautifully shaped show-ready specimen plants which have earned Terri many top awards.
Terri Vicenzi has a PhD in Biochemistry and spent over 20 years at Eli Lilly and Company in pharmaceutical drug development. She has grown plants all of her life, but developed a strong interest in the cultivation of African violets, streps, and other gesneriads since retiring in 2014. At her first Gesneriad Society convention in 2019, Terri had 16 strep entries and won Best Streptocarpus and Runner-up to Best in Horticulture with Streptocarpus ‘Little Kan’. Terri is passionate about sharing her love of these plants, and is a contributing member to social media gesneriad sites, AVSA, and the Gesneriad Society.