IFAS Extension
African Violets
Sydney Park Brown
Release Date: 3/3/2024
Water Resources
Abstract
Revised! ENH-17, a 3-page illustrated fact sheet by Sydney Park Brown, describes this popular house plant that grows and flowers under light conditions found in the average home, including requirements for lighting, temperature and humidity, soil and pots, watering, fertilizer, propagation and pest management. Includes references.
About this Publication
This document is ENH17, one of a series of the Department of Environmental Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date February 1991. Revised July 2007, December 2013, December 2016, and January 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.
About the Authors
Sydney Park Brown, retired associate professor emeritus, Department of Environmental Horticulture; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.
Authors
Sydney Park-Brown
Specialist
University of Florida
associate professor emeritus, Department of Environmental Horticulture, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center