African Violet

I absolutely love African violets and have for decades.  I’ve grown many from just one leaf, the one pictured here is one of them. You can do so by just putting a leaf with a 3″ stem in water, which is how I have always done it, or putting it in dirt.  I prefer the other method, putting the leaf in a clear container so that I can see the roots develop.  Once they have developed, I then put it in African violet soil.

Violets are very inexpensive to purchase and once they bloom, the blooms last up to six weeks at a time.  There are so many varieties too!

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