African violets make for beautiful houseplants, and they're easier to propagate than you may think. ... Another thing you can do is create your own DIY greenhouse to keep moisture in.

Presently, more than 10,000 African violet varieties exist. Flowers appear in every version of violet, purple, and pink, and there is even a yellow cultivar that was bred with painstaking persistence.

A worker plants newly rooted African violet buds at Holtkamp Greenhouses Inc. in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, July 18, 2007. Holtkamp's greenhouses produces more than 10 million violets a year.

But Holtkamp Greenhouses Inc., ... But Holtkamp Greenhouses Inc., the largest producer of African violets in the world, is already trying to create new varieties - for Mother's Day 2009.

My heart has a huge soft spot for this plant. It is what started my journey in horticulture, as an 8-year-old boy growing up in Midland, when my mom put me in charge of her 10 African violets.

Hong Kong Park’s Deputy Manager (Greenhouse & Aviary) Kathy Chan says some African Violet species are commonly seen in the market, and are known as 'supermarket violets'. The so-called 'hobby violets' ...

Today, he is an association committee member and a life member of the African Violet Society of America. A visit to Mr Ko's Tung Lo Wan Village greenhouse is like a walk in paradise - hundreds of ...