The New-to-me Non-Disposable African Violet - February 2022
There's a pattern in our house with *some* houseplants: We buy one from Trader Joe's. Bring it home. It looks great for a bit. Blooms right away. Then, heads into decline. Which, usually leads to being put outside (during the Summer) or tossed into the compost pile when it dies. One of the plants that has come home a couple of times from TJs is the African Violet. It blooms, but is, frankly...disposable. Or at least, that's what I thought. I came across this video on Garden Answer's YouTube page where she talks us through propagation of succulents, some fishbone cactus and African Violets . Wait, what? Taking apart and planting cuttings of African Violets to make MORE of them? This is the part of the video (10:09) where she starts the African Violets . Huh. Had no idea. Watching that sent me down a little Web digging hole where I found this post on the Spruce that has a headline that scratches me right where I itch: African Violets Shouldn't Be Throw