Saintpaulia, or African violet – widespread window plant, pleasant in magnificent and beautiful flowers. In the nature of violet grow in mountains of East Africa. Today fans and collectors have grown up more than 1000 grades of saintpaulia. They are unpretentious in leaving, long and is abundant blossom, are suitable for warm light rooms, perfectly transfer the neighbourhood with other houseplants.
Instruction
1. The beautiful violet can be grown up independently or to buy already adult flower of unusual grade. Choosing plant for the house, it is necessary to pay attention to exterior of violet. The saintpaulia has to have healthy elastic green leaves, strong flowers. If you choose the violets brought from abroad be ready that in house conditions they will not blossom it is so abundant as very often plants water with various accelerators of growth. Also it is worth paying attention to availability of spots on leaves that can testify both to plant disease, and to the wrong leaving. Very often together with the bought plants flower parasites also get to the house.
2. Draw the closest attention to type of the acquired material. The saintpaulia can be bought in several types: adult plant, the child (up to 5-6 months), shank. Children of violet and shanks (the cut-off leaves) get those who like to potter with plants, to grow up them the hands. However such acquisition does not promise fast blossoming. In case with shanks the blossoming can be expected approximately in year. If availability of beautiful well-groomed flower is important for you and you are not ready to thorough care for plant and also do not wish to expect long when the saintpaulia blossoms, buy adult flower. In this case the only thing that from you will be required, is to define the place where you will put it.
3. solve, where exactly you will buy African violet. Experts advise to buy saintpaulia in special nurseries or at exhibitions which are held in many cities of the country today. There are even separate shops trading only in violets. It is possible to buy plants and from the collectors who are engaged in selection of flowers (they usually unite in clubs of fans-fialkovodov). The most unpopular places of acquisition of violets and planting stock are flower ranks in the markets. Be careful of purchase of saintpaulia from hands at strangers according to personals.