African Violets - An ideal House plant that is easy to grow..

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African Violets are an ideal houseplant. They like the same temperatures as most people are comfortable with, around 20-22 degrees C. They need a lot of shade and no direct sunlight.In fact direct sunlight tends to discolor and shrivel the leaves .. It is very easy to grow and maintain African violets inside one's home.They grow well on shaded window sills and any shaded part of one's garden. I got 2 small plant in a deep pink and the namesake Deep Blusih Violet/purple color.Initially I did all the wrong things like keeping them out where there was sunlight and wet soil.I started noticing that the plants were not doing well and that there were hardly any flowers even after a month .Later, I moved both the plants on to a stand in my balcony and repotted what was left of the plants. This time I used a mix of Sand and mulch mainly consisting of powdered dry leaves and wood chippings and bark and very little potting soil and watered the plants speringly...Within a month of this the plants started growing extremely well and began multiplying and flowering.The flowers were large and plentiful.It was such a heartening and happy feeling .. Friends do you like this lovely flower? please add more information about African Violets ..