Thank you so much for responding, and it sounds it does get to a pretty decent size. A six inch pot is pretty big. Does it continue to flower for you?

Fairyskyla, There are different kinds of violets: standard (probably what is in the 6" pot), semi-miniature, and miniature. Try this link for more info. If you go to the library and culture info, you will find a lot. You definitely don't want to put your violet in a pot that is too big. One key to keeping your plant blooming is to repot (not in a bigger pot, necessarily) about every 6 months, or more often for the smaller varieties.

Hope this helps, and happy researching!

-Mo (WV)

Here is a link that might be useful: Rob's violet info

Thanks MO - for helping me out - after reading some of the post I see I have a lot to learn about these beauties. Will follow your advice to Fairyskyla. OH and good Luck to you fairyskyla!
Susan

As to life span; due to the nature of their culture, it's pretty much indefinite. AV's naturally lose older (lower) leaves -- after a while it developes a 'neck', which is scraped and buried in the pot, trimming existing roots if necessary. So really, the plant is always renewing itself, if you think about it, with old growth being buried and eventually cut off and new growth coming from the crown.

Korina, still fascinated

Thank you so much for all of the wonderful information you have provided. I appreciate it very much. I am more of a cactus succulent grower and do have regular houseplants but never an AV. This is the first one. I was really surprised I got one. For the first time I am not able to answer a plant question..I have a total of 32 plants in my collection but no AV..this is the part that I love, that you never can stop getting fascinated by a plant.

Thank you so much and I will take a picture of her and keep you posted:)

Hi,
A standard AV can grow to 18 inches and more. The size pot that you use should be 1/3 the diameter of the crown. So...........if the plant is 12" across it should be in a 4" pot. All minis and semis should be kept in pots no larger than 2 1/2 inches. I grow all my little ones in 3oz. plastic Solo cups. The minis and semis should be repotted every 4 - 6 months while the standards every 9 mos. to a year.
Hope this helps.
Fred in NJ

I have one that my boss bought me in spring 2015 and it is now fall 2015 and my plant has grown significantly, I actually resigned from that job for ethics and dignity purposes but took her with me in her 3-4 in pot and put her outside on my balcony all summer, i once didn't water her for about 3 weeks because I am allergic to bees and had hibiscus on my balcony garden and was scared, well right after that 3 week period I re-potted her in a 6 in pot because she grew that much out there, I just moved her inside last night but she is growing out of the 6 in pot now. This thread is wonderful!! Thanks everyone for your valuable comments, I really appreciate you all!!!