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Changing Focus

African Violet

 Winter is rapidly approaching and it’s time to change my focus to my indoor plants.  In the past I’ve written about easy to grow indoor varieties like Cranes bill https://zinniaboy.com/geraniums/ and Begonias https://zinniaboy.com/begonia/. Today I would like to talk about our featured flower of the month, a challenging indoor variety called Saint Paulia.  Saint Paulia commonly called African violet is an outdoor variety well suited for the indoors.  It is a member of the plant family Gesneriaceae and is native to Tanzania.  African violets come in colors of violet, purple, pale blue and white. The stems are a flesh like texture covered with very fine hairs.  Finding the correct amount of light and temperature in the room is crucial to the performance of this variety.  Propagate from cuttings and be careful not to over water or place in direct sun light.  Cheers

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