Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Repotting African violets freshens their soil, prevents leggy stems, and encourages flowering. Plus, it's an opportunity to try ...

African violets are long-lived plants that can grace houseplant collections for up to 50 years. However, repotting African violets (Saintpauliaionantha) occasionally goes a long way toward keeping ...

Here’s how to care for these pretty houseplants the right way, according to the pros.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Originally from east Africa, these plants grow under a deep forest canopy in the wild so they don’t like direct sunlight. African ...

When African violets have a bright spot, are well-fed and carefully watered they will outgrow their pots and need to be repotted. When African violets have a bright spot, are well-fed and carefully ...

African violets are some of the most elegant indoor blooms you can grow, and it's exciting to watch them wake up in early spring. There are a few things your African violets need in March for ...

My mother, Carmita Beust, and my sister-in-law, Bess Allen, grow beautiful African violets. Over the years they have given me innumerable leaves, poked down into pots filled with soil. "Anyone can ...

I have beautiful African violets that bloom all year. The pots now seem overcrowded, and the leaves are losing color. I do not know what to do as far as repotting and starting new plants. I am afraid ...

Leonard Re, an African violet grower and African violet judge, will present a program on growing African violets when the Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society meets 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, ...