All About African Violets: The Complete Guide to Success With Saintpaulias

Here is Montague Free’s classic work on how to succesfully propagate and care for African-violets. Updated by Charles Marden Fitch, internationally respected horticulturist and photographer, this book provides extensive information on all aspects of growing this popular house plant. All the helpful ingredients of the original edition are here, with the edition of new sections on pesticides, light gardening, soil-free mixes, plant patents, modern hybrids, and purchasing plants and supplies. Among the book’s 125 color and black-and-white photographs are examples of the most popular and newest varieties of saintpaulias, as well as sequence pictures which give step-by-step directions on propagating, potting, watering, and fertilizing your plants.