AV Table Begins

Oh,,,,now I understand..they are African Violets!! I thought it was some amazing new double flowered viola!!

LOL! I should have linked it to my garden last night to attach the name. I was so tired. Working at a greenhouse doing custom orders! Love it and I'm exhausted every day. :-)

Oh that's good....work that you enjoy, great!

Agreed, Not well paid, but its seasonal for now and I do love it. :-) Thanks. I've got some shots to load of my first boxes and baskets. I get to design and plant 20-30 baskets each day!

GT:

What a stunning plant! It looks very healthy!

Thank you. It took a year to start blooming and now blooms 2-3 times a year! :-) I must divide it soon though, the other side is blooming just like this also.

GT:

You're the king of the African Violets! LOL! : > ) I've never seen anyone grow them so excellently!

Thank you Andy! They seem to just thrive but I seldom find anything that gets sad around here.....lol.

GT:

You certainly have a great growing environment for your plants! I have the horrible time with indoor plants...most always seem to get some type of bug. Luckily, in my climate all the plants can be grown outside all year.

There is always something. I got a new plant the other day that introduced something. The heliotrope upstairs seems to get everything, but that keeps bugs from everything else, so I just maintain that plant best I can and the others stay clean. Basil works to attract them so it can be used to move infestation from the others and you can just toss the basil.

GT:

That's very true! I keep a few indoor plants...the ones that are most pest-resistant. Some still get bugs every so often...then they get thrown outside -- most of the time that will take care of the problem.

Heliotrope gets a lot of spider mites here. Sweet basil growing in the garden gets a few bugs...however, it can grow very large (to 6 feet tall) and lives for 2 years.