Hmmmm... Thanks Dove. Mater is questioning the identification. The leaves aren't hairy and they're a lighter green than we'd both associate with an African violet.
Ok, I was going with the earlier ID without really looking at it - now I've clicked on it and blown it up I can see it's not an African Violet - leaves and stems look a bit like a pelargonium - flowers don't
Next suggestion - Primula obonica?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Def not a Pelargonium - no smell, leaves wrong shape..... Not sure about Primula - I don't thnk I've seen one with leaves that shape but it's the right time for them to flower of course.... (I've now exhausted my knowledge of ornamentals).
I'll try and take another photo or two after lunch.
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Ah - thanks Edd. I should have got somewhere near that! Hardy? Can it go in the ground or will it need to come in in the winter?
Usually indoors all year round - don't like bright sunlight, don't like their leaves getting wet, water from below.
Easily propagated from leaves http://www.theplantexpert.com/africanviolets/Rooting.html
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hmmmm... Thanks Dove. Mater is questioning the identification. The leaves aren't hairy and they're a lighter green than we'd both associate with an African violet.
Her actual words were,"If that's an African violet, I'm a piece of green cheese!"
Apparently it's been on the kitchen windowsill for a few weeks (since she bought it, without a label) and was put outside 'to enjoy the sunshine'.
It's certainly not an African Violet, but I have seen it before somewhere.
Ok, I was going with the earlier ID without really looking at it - now I've clicked on it and blown it up I can see it's not an African Violet - leaves and stems look a bit like a pelargonium - flowers don't
Next suggestion - Primula obonica?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Primula Obconica ?
I was going to go with the primula, simply because I have a pink one, which was recently ID'd for me, and it looks pretty similar!
you'll need to zoom in, it the pink one on the right, I've since brought it in as it doesn't like being outside!
Def not a Pelargonium - no smell, leaves wrong shape..... Not sure about Primula - I don't thnk I've seen one with leaves that shape but it's the right time for them to flower of course.... (I've now exhausted my knowledge of ornamentals).
I'll try and take another photo or two after lunch.
Yes - having asked Mr Google to look for some images of P obonica it seems that's what we've got. Thanks everyone!
Now I need to work out what to do with it.