Turn your vision of an African violet covered with beautiful flowers into a reality with these must-know tips.

Repotting African violets freshens their soil, prevents leggy stems, and encourages flowering. Plus, it's an opportunity to try out new pots and remove dead leaves so that your plants look their very ...

African violets can bloom nearly continuously, even in the depths of winter, but sometimes they may seem to hardly flower at all. If you're wondering how to get your African violets to bloom more, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An African violet with purple flowers. With their diminutive size, colorful blooms, and attractive foliage, African violets are ...

The peaches and apples this year are growing well. The crops need to be thinned now. You can have 600 peaches the size of eggs or 100 peaches the size of your fist. Six of these peaches will be ...

The days are growing shorter, the nights cooler. It must be time for fall planting. In the edible garden, October is the month for planting garlic and shallots. They won’t be harvested until next ...

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I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Sweet violets, viola odorata, are now blooming in lovely large pools of purple on lawns and ...

Two weeks ago, I asked if any readers had sweet violets (Viola odorata) in their gardens. Here are some of your responses: • “I have some sweet violets growing in my yard and they have been doing ...