When you aquire new African Violets......
When you're looking to add to your collection of African Violets....do just buy what appeals to you? Or do you have a master plan.....grand strategy ? I have poured over catalogs and the internet...
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Personally, I usually have a plan. A particular one that I want. But sometimes, I just fall in love with a plant and spontaneously snap it up.
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I rarely set out to buy a specific plant because that can be disappointing. I go after ones by hybridizers I know. Usually you can tell how a plant is going to act by the hybridizer. Nancy
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When I decided last year to renew my interest in violets, I bought everything I could from my local nursery to get a variety. I also ordered from a few vendors, based on the flowers. Then started...
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I hear ya, Jan... I favour ruffled flowers as well, and variegated foliage. But you are also right about Hybridizers. With Nancy (the enabler that she is) showing us all the hybridizers and their...
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I have a plan but it is a loose one. I know how many I want and that I want certain characteristics and colors in my collection. I keep a list of those fitting the colors and characteristics that I...
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For such a long time I had no reds in my large collection. It wasn't by design, it just happened that I hadn't seen any reds to purchase. From Ebay I began to be attracted to all the reds available...
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Plan? Me??? If I did plan, I am sure something would come up to change those plans anyway!!! Story of my life.... BUT, I do have a guideline... something to hopefully keep my WANTS in control!!! My...
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Awww..... yes space, Mrs. John. I have to give great consideration to 'space' also. But unlike you....I like it if it says compact grower.....like Park Avenue Blue.(LLG) Because I have a major space...
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Hi For a while I was looking for good standard whites that were registered to get a white AVSA collection. Other than that I buy what strikes my fancy at shows. Lately however I have been purchasing...
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Frosted Whisper should be a good white, registered 1989. Maybe not quite old enough. Nancy
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Fred Who can pass up a good geneva edged blossom???? I have such a weakness for those and thumbprints! Now somebody else will come along and say it's fantasy blossoms for them..... spots n...
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I like to buy plants that appeal to my eye. I am a little 'fussy' about what I buy though. I like and prefer ruffled edges, leaves that are interesting for when it's not blooming. For 7 yrs I had 1...
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NAMED PLANTS AT A HARDWARE STORE!?!?!?!?! How lucky can one be? This little town has 2 ACE hardware stores. We only get outdoors plants/trees, etc. during the spring and summer....and that's only at...
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VERY lucky, Nanette! Our Hardware is like Cheryl's. Only handling summer plants and flowers in the Spring, but never houseplants. We have several grocery stores that bring in AV's occasionally, but...
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Yes, I agree. I have a rather good relationship with both the women who run the garden shops. This past summer I made a deal with one woman because the AV's were in sad shape....they were overexposed...
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My local nursery sells lots of nice violets except I have almost everything they stock. They have gone up in price from 4.99 to 5.99 and they don't look as good as they used to. Sometimes they put...
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