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I’ve always had this thing for African Violets.  When I first went off to college one of the several plants that I took with me was an African Violet.  My Momma had never been able to keep them alive for very long, but for some reason I always had a knack for them.  And the way I took care of mine was against what all the directions say.  I would leave it sitting in water and I would water it from the top!  That’s a big no-no in the African Violet world.

After getting married I started collecting them and had gotten up to about nine before we left for our travels around the country.  One of the things that we had to farm out to our family was my plants.  And I just knew that when I came back they would all be dead.

I was mostly right.  Only two or three of my violets had survived my Momma’s house.  And they were in pretty bad shape.  But thankfully, I was able to revive the ones that weren’t deceased and bring them back to a prettier life.

I now have gotten my violet collection up to seven.  They are a lot of different colors and varieties.  I like the variegated ones and frilly-edged ones all the same.  All of them are blooming at the moment.

So, the jury is still out on whether or not I just happen to have a green thumb when it comes to African Violets or, if I have just been blessed to have good lighted windows for my violets.  Whatever the case may be African Violets are something that I love.

Filed under: Gardening, Making Home on February 9th, 2010