Sunday, April 10, 2011

Shirl's Pearl Pink - A great tribute to a great lady!

Shirl's Pearl Pink is one of the last varieties Shirley Sanders hybridized before her passing.  In fact, the seed pod that contained this gem had not been sown prior to her passing and was given to Steve Spachek by Shirley's husband Sandy.

Steve took great care with these final seed pods and made several seedlings available to a few of us at the Texas State Convention in 2009.

While you might look at this plant and remark, "Nice show plant", it's not a show plant at all.  It's one of my stock plants that I have growing and I just happened to notice the remarkable display it was putting on this past weekend.  No, I didn't groom it...disbud it...nothing.  It just did this with no persuasion on my part.

Try growing this variety for yourself.  I'm sure you'll enjoy growing it as much as I do.

 
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2 comments:

  1. My GesneriadsApril 11, 2011 at 12:48 AM

    What a fabulous story behind this beautiful African Violet. I am sure she is very proud looking down on all who made it possible..Thanks for sharing.

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  2. hoovershybridsApril 11, 2011 at 9:06 AM

    Happy to share. It's a great little plant.

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