African Violets

[NannyPatty]

I don’t have any new ones, but I’ve been more consistent at feeding and watering them and they are going crazy!

 

[Patchouli]

@NannyPatty -- your photo shows 2 purple A. violets. Do your pink ones all look mostly alike? You can find varieties online.

Hey look! I just found the A. violet society! http://www.avsa.org/Aphotos

 

[txcatlady]

I bought a pink and purple African Violet about a month ago. We have our house listed with a realtor and I put those in the window and bought an orchid for dining room table to add a little color. I add a little water to the saucer every few days. I really need to dead head them. I have them in a window with more of an eastern exposure. Years ago I had many different colors. I enjoy them without flowers too.

 

[Patchouli]

They are so pretty.
Post photos, @txcatlady , if you can.

 

[txcatlady]

I am not able to post pictures. Don't know if I don't have the technology, knowledge or time to learn. Just not something I do on anything online. I agree they are so pretty.

 

[katlupe]

I never was very good with them. Unless I bought them with flowers already on them, the next year they would die. Then my Daddy died in 2012 and I took his plant home. I figured I would keep it as long as I could. Well it is still going strong, even though where I lived before, the house was dark and very cold in winter. I was always moving my house plants around trying to keep them from freezing at night when the stoves were banked back. Since I have moved and have awesome windows my plants are coming back and thriving. My African Violet has had many blossoms on since I moved here.

 

[Swing]

@katlupe I thought those window sills would be great for house plants. (And kitty cats, I know you have bunny.)

 

[katlupe]

The windows have become my garden! Actually, most of my neighbors here have small dogs or cats and I often see cats in the windows of the various apartments.

 

[CCR]

I have 4 or 5 of them in my dining room window that faces north. They seem happy there and if I had more places to put them I'd have more!