Tuesday Treasures for my Active Rain Friend Judy Klem

She is  very besutiful.  I hope you enjoy her for a very long time to come.

Those are very beautiful!  I am the same way...have the absolute opposite of a green thumb.  Congrats for keeping it alive so long so that you can share the beauty with us :).

This is a beautiful violet. My plants always die too - right now I have none alive. I've never had an African violet - perhaps I should get one and see if I can make it thrive. Beautiful plant.

Karen, She is a stunner! Love the color of the blooms! I have a story: I received my first African Violet this year after a seller gave it to me. Luckily, our office manager knows how to care for them and suggested I buy a "pot inside another ceramic pot" that are perfect for them because they do not like to be watered from the top, but want to draw water gently from underneath. They also need to be separated like siamese twins when they start to get overgrown. It looks like you have many plants in the one pot, you can split that up and start 3 or 4 new separate plants - apparently, they like to have room to grow. The other thing you can do with these is snip off a leaf, put it in a glass of water and get the roots to sprout. Buy a little planter pot, add potting soil and put it in a second container it can draw water from, and you have even more plants. Needless to say, my office is full of them, now I always have a closing gift handy that is always blooming and easy to care for.  Thanks for a great blog post!

Hi Karen - Wow! Thank you so much - I feel very honored to be mentioned in such a great way in your blog. You've done a magnificent job with your African violet! She is beautiful and quite obviously well-loved. Barbara is correct in her suggestions, but you can also continue to do what you have done, which is to just transplant to a larger pot when it seems like the current one is too cramped.

Thank you for sharing your gorgeous plant with us, and thank you again for the delightful mention.