Loz,
Don't know if have a Home Depot close to where you are, but I do most of my garden shopping there. They have a pretty extensive nursery section for part of the year. Cheaper than nurseries, a decent variety of
plants, and a l year guarantee on any
plant you buy if it doesn't grow, with no questions asked as to how come it died
In my Home Depot, they have a good selection of African Violets. I know, because I considered buying one, and didn't because they offered so much other peripheral stuff to go with it, that I thought the
plant care might be more than I wanted to get into. The point is that they had food, special soil, pesticides etc. A large selection of stuff for just that
plant. So you might want to at least give them a call and see your Home Depot has a similar selection to mine.
Ronni