Re: Sheffield mum

In a message dated 11/20/00 1:21:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
flowers@simplegiftsfarm.com writes:

<< Violet corsica is delightful and does bloom for most of the summer. Having
 said that - its a violet. ;-)  You'll also find that it is as promiscuous
 as any other violet and cross-breeds like mad. >>

Here's a question for Doug.  If Viola corsica is planted in the vicinity of 
the many Johnny-Jumpups would one consider the seed a hybrid?   I ask as I 
used some seed from the NARGS list and got plants looking as the description 
of corsica in most references.  How far away from the other large flowered 
Violas would you plant it to swap the seed with confidence?  

The plants that I purchased came from Blue Meadow in Mass.  This is a very 
fine nursery handling many unusual plants.  They told me they use a seed 
purchased in Germany identical in every way to corsica (several years testing 
in Mass.) but not labelled as corsica.  

Summing up, I wanted to contribute the seed to a list and to a distant friend 
but maybe it cannot be labelled as corsica.  I am happy to have this news.

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4

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