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By Balcony


African Violets  (Saintpaulia ionantha)



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That looks a happy african violet :)

3 Oct, 2010

 

Glad you liked it! I have 5 or 6 of these doubles & a couple of singles as well. They sit on a west facing window in our kitchen all year & in the winter I bring them into the kitchen itself when more than a couple of degrees of frost is forecast.

4 Oct, 2010

 

You must have a way with them Balc....I can't keep these no matter what....:o(

5 Oct, 2010

 

I really do very little, Janey. I just give them some water from time to time when I remember. The rest of the time they just sit in the window without complaining! On the odd occasion I remember to give them a little fertilizer when I'm watering the rest of the plants, but that doesn't happen very often.

According to a page I was reading about them a few days ago they should be dead!!! According to that page I'm doing everything wrong! What do you think?

5 Oct, 2010

 

You couldn't be more right, Homebird, first about the AVs & also about what you read from "experts". LOL!

18 Oct, 2010

 

Nice, I am posting a pic of my white one.. Pretty for Christmas.

4 Dec, 2011

 

Thanks, Wells. :-)) Glad you liked it. I'll go along & see your photo. Can't remember ever having grown a white one.

4 Dec, 2011



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