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A Fairy Tale
It's Hot in Here!
Mice and Men
More Mice...
Joy of Watering
Good Help
I Need Water
Things That Hop
Violets as Houseplants

THE LIBRARY CONTAINS MANY OF THE ARTICLES THAT WE'VE WRITTEN OVER THE YEARS

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These pages are periodically updated, so you may want to return to this location later!

Articles on growing and exhibiting:

  • "Episcias: Lovely Plants with Lovely Leaves"  From VioletsFun issue #8.

  • "Discovering Streptocarpus"  A lecture originally presented at the 1998 African Violet Society of America Convention Show in Sacramento, California.  Appears in VioletsFun issue #7.

  • "Fine Tuning Your Showplants"  An article that originally appeared in the Empire Violet Magazine, in September, 1990.  It has been rewritten, appearing in VioletsFun #6, and reflects our growing environment in 1990.

  • "Provide 'Living Shade' For Your Plants"  First appeared as an original article in VioletsFun issue #7.  Reprinted in numerous other publications.

  • "Some Suggestions for Keeping Miniature Violets Miniature"  Originally appeared in the Empire Violet Magazine, in March, 1987.  Since repeated in numerous other publications, including VioletsFun #4.  The subject might be a bit dated, given the quality of today's hybrids, but the cultural advice contained in the article is timeless.

  • "Some Notes on Trailing African Violets"  Notes from a lecture originally presented at the Mid-Atlantic AVS Convention Show, November 1996.  Reprinted in numerous other publications. Appears in VioletsFun issue #12.

  • "Knowing Your Violets: Basic Flower Types"  Knowing the terms that hybridizers use, and learning the characteristics of different flower types can help us in selecting violets.  From VioletsFun issue #2.

  • "Natural Planting Made Easy"  Basics in miniature landscapes made on natural materials.  Excerpted from workshops presented in spring of 1998 by Olive


The Best of "Violets Fun":  A compilation of some of our favorite essays on the hobby and the growing "experience", written by Rob or Olive and reprinted here.