Flowering frenzy...

[Jace]

African violets...have colorful blooms and fuzzy leaves.
If the conditions are right...and 'if you' know how to care for them...
they can be kept in constant bloom.

As much as I have tried..have never been successful with them.
Even though...I'm "pretty good" with most all other plants.

Who's the African Violet 'queen'?
(Sorry, guys.. couldn't resist)

 

[RadishRose]

African violets...have colorful blooms and fuzzy leaves.
If the conditions are right...and 'if you' know how to care for them...
they can be kept in constant bloom.

As much as I have tried..have never been successful with them.
Even though...I'm "pretty good" with most all other plants.

Who's the African Violet 'queen'?
(Sorry, guys.. couldn't resist)

I never had success with those freakin' violets, either!

 

[Kaila]

Oh @Jace
Very good questions, and I wish I was the member who could claim that crown!

But no, that type of plant is one of the ones, whose flowering success eludes me!

I will wait here, with you,
and with the rest of our otherwise-successful plant parents, 'till the real Queen or King of Violets arrives at SF!

 

[MountainRa]

No luck here either!

 

[RadishRose]

Another Suicide Plant is the Gardenia.

My ex MIL had the knack. It sat on a lightly shaded front porch all summer and bloomed.

In the fall, they put it in the basement, under a small basement window...very little light while it rested. The thing was quite large!

 

[Pecos]

I never had success with those freakin' violets, either!

I never had any success either.

 

[Jace]

Another 'bugaboo' for me , too...is the Orchid.

Have tried 3 times..failed, failed, and..more failure.
Oh! Well...we all can't be true horticulturists!

 

[Pecos]

Another 'bugaboo' for me , too...is the Orchid.

Have tried 3 times..failed, failed, and..more failure.
Oh! Well...we all can't be true horticulturists!

I never did either, yet I remember seeing them thrive while growing on the side of steep mountains in the Northern end of the island of Okinawa. There they were, unattended and almost unreachable by humans. I always thought that was a lesson for us.

 

[Bella]

Another Suicide Plant is the Gardenia.

My ex MIL had the knack. It sat on a lightly shaded front porch all summer and bloomed.

In the fall, they put it in the basement, under a small basement window...very little light while it rested. The thing was quite large!

The same here. My mother-in-law always had several African violet plants, and they were gorgeous. They sat on a table near a window in her den out of direct sunlight. I've tried and have had no luck with them. I gave up.

 

[Jace]

T Y, All...so..It's not just ME!

 

[Kaila]

It's funny to return to this thread, and see that it turned into a slightly different, though closely overlapping topic.

Perhaps it could be re-named:
HousePlants we can't grow!

 

[Jace]

Yup
Then, one March..tried..the glorious Shamrock
Well, that lasted a month or two.

Looks like I can only grow...
what might be considered 'weeds'!

 

[Kaila]

Yep!
Let's Name Glorious Houseplants we can't grow!

 

[Kaila]

I Love those orchids, too!
Wish I could have success with them!