Re: the quiet gardeners/ Violets
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- Subject: Re: the quiet gardeners/ Violets
- From: H* B*
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 12:15:56 +1100
Hi there
I have just planted V. Freckles and what a little cutie it is - do you have
that one?
Hazel
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> From: ECPep@aol.com
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: the quiet gardeners/ Violets
> Date: Tuesday, 21 November 2000 5:20
>
> In a message dated 11/20/00 8:48:30 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> genebush@otherside.com writes:
>
> << I have tried some of the woodland violets with a bit of a
difference,
> but have
> had no success. Looks as though they go into my garden this coming
spring.
> Sold
> very few of them, and can seem to generate little interest. Believe they
> have a
> bad reputation from the few that spread like wildfire through lawns
around
> here. I
> meet up with the attitude " a weed is a weed". I will look into your
> recommendation on V. corsica. >>
>
> Gene,
>
> This is not a woodland violet. The form of the flower is quite like a
small
> pansy. I suppose a customer might think a woodland violet (which may be
in
> his lawn) is a weed. Looking around at violets there are so many! This
is
> the Viola with the largest flower in a species. It has done well in a
trough
> (though trough planters think much smaller), in the rocks and in open
garden.
>
> Also, Gene, I have a sterile violet which is a gem. There is burst of
bloom
> in the spring from the large clump and no children follow. I cannot find
any
> name for this plant. Mine came from an arboretum sale. Write to me off
list
> if you are interested.
>
> Claire Peplowski
> NYS z4
>
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