With their diminutive size, colorful blooms, and attractive foliage, African violets are popular houseplants. Originating in East Africa, they now come in a variety of leaf and flower colors ...

W ith soft green leaves and delicate purple blooms, African violets (Saintpaulia ionantha) add a splash of sophistication to ...

I am interested in growing African violets to add some color in my home and would like some tips on how to grow them. — Angelina Talbert, Morton Grove You can easily add color and interest to… ...

A question about why an African violet is changing colors. Plus, Grumpy shares a tip on buying garden tools. "My African ...

Presently, more than 10,000 African violet varieties exist. Flowers appear in every version of violet, purple, and pink, and there is even a yellow cultivar that was bred with painstaking persistence.

African violets were introduced into North America in the 1800s but it wasn’t until 1927 when the first hybrid African violets were available; all had blue flowers. Blue (or purple) remains the ...

Flower color ranges from white to pink, purple, blue, violet as well as bicolored cultivars. They can be single, ... African violets do exceptionally well under fluorescent or LED lights.

Bright purple, deep red, ... “I started growing African Violets in the early 1950s when I was 8 or 9 years old,” said Schmidt.

Isn’t it about time you grew African violets? Imagine a house plant that blooms all the time and can do so for years – up to half a century or more by some accounts. In fact, if two months go ...