African Violet

Lets step back in time, maybe twenty years ago when African violets were the `in` plant and nearly every household had one sitting on their windowsill. An aunt of mine considered herself a specialist in the field! I used to be invited to share a pot of her strong tea and partake of an intellectual conversation about the life of an African Violet! In all fairness she grew beauties, she had the right colour fingers when it came down to it. Her windowsills were awash with pots of all shapes and sizes which were bursting with multi coloured blooms. Not only multi coloured but she loved to experiment, grafting leaves from different plants and growing them as one, ...  Read the complete review

Botanical information about African Violets: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Botanical name: Saintpaulia ionantha Common name: African violet Origin: south Africa. The first African violets were discovered in 1890 by Baron Walter von Saint Paul, a German explorer who found them growing in the crevices of rocks in East Africa, in what is now known as Tanzania. He sent some of the plants back home to his father, who gave them their botanical name, Saintpaulia ionantha (which in Latin means "with violet flowers") - ( information from the web) African Violet is an ideal houseplant. It likes the same ...  Read the complete review

African violet is a lovely indoor plant, usually placed on the window sill to add colours to the room. African violet is also known as Usambara. African violet are most commonly found in Africa. The African violets are perennial plants, they are small and they do not have long stems. The flowers are usually white, pink, red and purple. African violets do not need lots of water to grow; in fact the plant should be kept fairly dry. One good way of watering the African violet is by soaking the plant in a shallow pan of water overnight and leaves it dry in the day. African violets strive on warmer temperature and sunlight hence it is not suitable for outdoor plant ...  Read the complete review