{"id":879,"date":"2008-08-06T17:49:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-06T17:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/2008\/08\/african-violets.html"},"modified":"2019-07-16T11:42:48","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T15:42:48","slug":"african-violets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/2008\/08\/african-violets.html","title":{"rendered":"African Violets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So at noon it was time to take a break, but I can’t bear to look at more housework, other than Mount Washmore the laundry pile which must be tackled today. I took out the beautiful yellow cachepots Anna Polina sent me. I really like how they set off the green walls in our Florida room, and my African Violets needed repotting, so off I went to repot them.<\/div>\n
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These African Violets are special. My sister Mary gave me leaf cuttings at Christmastime and I grew them from leaves from her plants. She gave me six leaves, two of each of three colors she had in her living room, and one died. I have no idea which surived. Imagine my surprise today when I saw a white bud on one!<\/div>\n
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I seem to have a knack for raising African Violets. The one in my office blooms profusely, and the ones in the Florida room are thick, green and healthy, and now budding.<\/div>\n
I transplanted them into larger pots and got a surprise bonus; a tiny little offshoot plant! It went into a third pot. A little water, and now I have three gorgeous cachepots on the windowsill filled with African Violets, waiting for Pierre to knock them all down.<\/div>\n
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A few tips on raising great African Violets:<\/div>\n