Janice H. asked Annie: This morning on the podcast you showed your Optimara Ontario. I took a photo of my Optimara Ontario to share with you. Mine looks so different from yours with pointed leaves and growing so large. …
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African Violet – Biscayne Trail
Biscayne Trail Hybridized By: S. Williams AVSA Registered: Not Registered Blossom: Single/semidouble lavender blue. Foliage: Variegated Champion girl. Plant Size: Semi-miniature trailer. Grown by: Basti Genz
Q&A – Yellow Violets
Janice H. asked Annie: Should yellow-flowered violets be grown cool or warm to get true yellow? I have 2 violets with yellow blooms: Senk’s Alchemy Morning Star and Ajohn’s Winter Sun. Ajohn’s Winter Sun is now blooming, but the …
Jeff Jackson’s Imp’s Series: Baby Teeth
Imp’s Baby Teeth Hybridized By: Jeff Jackson AVSA Registered: Not Registered Blossom: Single light lavender/white, darker lavender eye, bell. Foliage: variegated dark, medium, light green, and cream, serrated, spooned. Plant Size: Miniature (CA) (user database)
All About African Violets – Episode 3.011 – Grooming, Babies, and Potting!
Welcome to my Sunroom Thank you for the star ratings and reviews on FaceBook and also on iTunes. Tips and Treasures Some treasure for you today! Three short sections Potting columnea cuttings Grooming and Repotting Separating Babies and Potting …
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Growing Spaces – Basti Genz
The Growing Space of Basti Genz – Dresden Germany Where in the world do you grow your plants? ~ Dresden Germany How Large is your collection? ~ Currently I have about 700 plants and 300 varieties. Is there one …
African Violet – Opera Doc
Opera Doc Hybridized By: S. Mc.Gaha AVSA Registered: 8793 03/08/1999 Blossom: Double blush pink/variable green tips. Foliage: Dark green, plain, pointed. Miniature trailer Plant Size: Miniature Grown by: Basti Genz
African Violet – LE-Zlato Skivov
LE-Zlato Skivov Hybridized By: Elena Lebetskaya AVSA Registered: 2015 – Not AVSA Registered Blossom: Large terry-colored white and yellow stars with corrugated petals and a pink uneven border. Foliage: Light wavy medium green foliage. neat straight outlet Plant Size: Standard Grown …
Q&A – Spilled Pollen vs. Thrips
Janice H. asked Annie: How does one tell the difference between spilled pollen and thrips? This morning in looking over my violets, I noticed a couple flowers with spilled pollen. A couple of my violets had thrips several years …
Jeff Jackson’s Imp’s Series: Acrydonia Fairy
Imp’s Acrydonia Fairy Hybridized By: Jeff Jackson AVSA Registered: Not Registered Blossom: Single to semi-double pink wasp. Foliage: Medium green, serrated, quilted. Plant Size: Standard (user database)
All About African Violets – Episode 3.010 – Suckers and History!
Welcome to my Sunroom Thank you for the star ratings and reviews on FaceBook and also on iTunes. Tips and Treasures First, a tip! I hope you are subscribing to the AVSA’s weekly growing tip! But I also hope …
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Growing Spaces – Daniel
The Growing Space of Daniel – Tucson, AZ Where in the world do you grow your plants? ~ Tucson, AZ How Large is your collection? ~ Three years ago I had 150 show size plants and about 2000 stater …
African Violet – Boo Man
Boo Man Hybridized By: S. Sorano AVSA Registered: 8502 11/09/1996 Blossom: Semidouble-double light blue frilled pansy/white-feathered top petals, variable green. Foliage: Black-green, plain, pointed. Plant Size: Semi-miniature Grown by: D. Brull
Q&A – Violets in Dish Gardens
Karin asked Annie: If you have several African violets in a dish garden or terrarium, do they all need to be in bloom? Or can you use some for texture and landscaping – using their shape and foliage, even …
African Violet – Rob’s Antique Rose
Rob’s Antique Rose Hybridized By: Ralph Robinson AVSA Registered: 8451 05/23/1996 Blossom: Semidouble silver-rose sticktite frilled pansy/darker shading, some silver-green tips Foliage: Dark green, pointed, glossy, serrated/red back. Plant Size: Semi-miniature Grown by: Basti Genz
Q&A – Follow-up to Lacey’s Determination Question
A few months ago, you might recall that Janice had a leaf of Lacey’s Determination that sprouted babies on the stem of the leaf rather than how we usually see African violet plantlets growing. Here is the photo from the original …
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Tips on Tuesdays – Notes on Pollination for Hybridizing
I love that so many of you are experimenting with hybridizing and that some of you are sharing your process and results here on All About African Violets. Thank you! A viewer, Joseph, from Port Pirie, South Australia (you …
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Behind the Scenes – Meet Jeff Jackson
Can you believe I’m already thinking ahead to October?! Well, I am and here’s why: Jeff Jackson, Canadian hybridizer of the Imp’s series of African violets and popular author (J.P. Jackson), is slated to be the speaker at the …
Growing Spaces – David
The Growing Space of David – Massachusetts Where in the world do you grow your plants? ~ Massachusetts, USA How Large is your collection? ~ 41 varieties Is there one AV that you are seeking above all others? ~ A …
African Violet – Seedlings ((Senk’s Snowy Egret x LE-Shato Brion) x Bashou)
Karin has started a hybridization project and is sharing some of her process here at All About African Violets! Seedlings ((Senk’s Snowy Egret x LE-Shato Brion) x Bashou) – 7 weeks old Hybridized By: Karin Brockmueller AVSA Registered: n/a …
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