Last winter I noticed some African violet flower damage caused by condensation on a cold kitchen window.  The flowers that were close to the...

I like African violets ( Streptocarpus ionanthus  previously called  Saintpaulia ionantha ).  They used to be very common houseplants, but l...

The first African violet I ever grew was an unnamed variety sold simply as "Light Blue".  Several years later it remains one of my...

African violets are often reasonably simple to propagate.  Most people have great success rooting an African violet leaf in water, it is mea...

I have always heard that people tend to water African violets from underneath.  The reason is that any water that splashes on the leaf may m...