Discover what your African violets need in March. Do these 5 jobs now to ensure long-lasting blooms from spring to summer.

African indigenous food groups present an exciting area to explore when it comes to taste and nutrition. They may even offer potential as nutritional therapy for people with health problems. Foods ...

Many African conservation decisions such as funding, policy, species prioritization and nursery propagation implicitly treat the IUCN Red List as a complete map of extinction risk. It is not. For ...

The second week of January means your Christmas tree is packed away, the lights are stored and the mantel cleared. Time to clean the air by adding a few indoor plants to get you through the last of ...

Q: How reliable are plant identification apps? I’ve tested several plant identification apps and have found them surprisingly, but not completely, accurate. You simply snap a photo of the plant in ...

Join me as I examine this plant to determine if it’s a trailing African Violet. Learn about the key characteristics, care tips, and how to identify different African Violet varieties accurately.

For some, winter can be a depressing time of year. With cold, dreary weather, shorter days, and less opportunity to spend time outside, it's easy to become gloomy. That's one of the reasons many ...

MENANDS, N.Y. (NEWS10) — People who live and work in North Albany and Menands have complained about smelly air for nearly a decade. Now some area residents are questioning the safety of what they’ve ...

STRASBURG — The Shenandoah Saintpaulia-African Violet Society, an affiliate club of the African Violet Society of America, meets each month to give members and visitors an opportunity connect, share ...

African violets, those cheerful, shade-loving houseplants native to Tanzania and introduced to the U.S. in the late 1800s, are finally having their day in the sun: the National Garden Bureau has named ...

Dear Heloise: I read with interest the letter from Margaret about reading and our children. I know we all have busy lives, but children and their education are very important. Teaching them to sound ...