Bay State African Violet Society

05/17/2026

Check out the yellow color in the blossom of this amazing African Violet, RS-Zhar Ptitsa, grown and photographed by one of our Bay State members and wonderful grower, Holly W. Isn’t that color something?

04/28/2026

04/16/2026

Hope those of you in the New England area can visit us next Saturday, April 25th, for our annual show and plant sale, at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill. We will have lots of plants from Lyndon Lyon Greenhouses for sale!

11/06/2025

I am so impressed with this young violet, grown from a leaf, named Raspberry Crisp. She has been blooming nonstop since transplanted into her own pot and shows good potential for symmetry! Here is the description: Raspberry Crisp (7678) 02/28/1992 (G. Cox/B. Johnson) Semidouble light pink pansy/raspberry ruffled edge. Dark green, quilted, scalloped.

10/20/2025

A big thank you to a gentleman in New Hampshire, Frank L., who collects and grows many vintage African violet varieties. He submitted these great pics of June Rose, an older Eyerdom variety. Here is the official description:

June Rose (7847) 01/15/93 (Eyerdom) Double red/orchid/lighter band, white edge. Medium green,plain, hairy, glossy/red back. Standard.

07/13/2025

Isn’t this a gorgeous streptocarpus? It’s called DEM-Velour and was grown and photographed by our Treasurer and longtime member, Susan.

07/10/2025

This beauty, grown by one of our members, is called Harmony's 'Pinkstone' Its description is: Double star, lightly frilled, pink with lighter reverse and variable white/green edge. Standard. In looking for more info on this variety, I found a reference to it from AVSA’s website in February of 2022 where they featured it as “Violet of the Day.” According to that blurb, this variety originated as a sport of “Optimara Yellowstone” while being grown in the Harmony greenhouses.

06/05/2025

African violets are always so interesting! I’ve had Sea Haze Trail for a couple of years and it has finally decided to bloom after I moved it into natural light. Well - here it is blooming in two distinctly different colors! It is supposed to be a fantasy bloom containing both those colors. Here is the official description: Sea Haze Trail | (C. Sotkiewicz) Double lavender and dark blue fantasy. Medium green, quilted. Semi miniature trailer. I still love it!💜

05/22/2025

Check out this beauty! Snowy Halo is a stunner, grown by our talented members, Holly. Here is the description from Lyndon Lyon’s website: Large, frilled, semi-double white flowers form a ring around an orchid eye. The heart-shaped standard foliage is dark green, quilted, and has a pink underside. (A sport of Right as Rain.)

05/19/2025

One of our members, Holly, who is a terrific grower, submitted some lovely pics of her current African violets in bloom, and we will be sharing those with you. Here is the first variety, PT-Luiza. Stay tuned for more pictures!