Cape primrose 'Helen'

Grow as a houseplant in loamless potting compost on an east or west-facing windowsill, or grow in a temperate or warm greenhouse in bright filtered light with shade from hot sun. Water sparingly as compost dries in winter and in the growing season water freely allowing compost to dry out between waterings; feed fortnightly with a high-potassium fertiliser. See Streptocarpus cultivation

No pruning required

Propagate by seed or leaf cuttings

May be attacked by glasshouse leafhoppers, mealybugs, thrips, vine weevil and tarsonemid mite

Generally disease free