Re: Violets / troughs

In a message dated 11/22/2000 2:06:01 AM Central Standard Time, 
mtalt@clark.net writes:

<< Plant exchange this
 fall - looked almost like Cyclamen leaves.  Unfortunately, having
 drawn a high number, they were all snagged before I could get to >>


How about Viola coreana 
Look at the picture here and see if it's the same.

<A HREF="http://hardyplants.com/viola.jpg">http://hardyplants.com/viola.jpg
</A>

They can be grown from seed easily enough.

Here is a description:

VIOLA Coreana 'Sylettas' - "Cyclamen Leaved Violet" (VIE-o-la)  VIOLACEAE. 
Well what can I say about this plant -
 one thing is for sure-it self seeds it's self.  The first time I saw this 
plant was one year before I bought it-it showed up as seedlings in a number
 of my pots.  Plants Have silvery marked light green rounded leaves and 
purplish undersides.  The leaves are more silver than white with green
 bars spreading out from the mid ribs of the leaves.  The flowers are small 
and a pinkish-mauve color and bloom in early spring and in fact they
  are the first new growth on the plant. Flowers have a large thick spur that 
protrudes off center.  This plant should make a very nice container
 plant or addition to the mixed rock garden or in the open woodland setting. 
Plants are low growing, reaching a height of only 2-4" and forming
a tight clump of leaves 6-8" wide.  Roots are fine and white and this plant 
makes a nice little pot plant as long as it does not get very dry.  This is
   new plant that will make a nice interesting addition to the garden were it 
should be planted in light shade in moist but well drained, richly
 amended with humus, sandy soils.  Mix in with dwarf Hosta or use as an 
edging or mixed with some of the great dwarf Aquilegia 'Cameo' series.
   There seems to be two-forms here with some blooming before leaf expansion 
and others forming leaves at the same time as the flowers are
blooming, the later group producing much smaller plants.  Propagation is by 
seed produced from cleistogamous flowers which form two or three
   weeks after the showy flowers are produced.  Seeds are ejected form the 
pods 4-5 weeks after emergence of the cleistogamous flowers. 
        Seedlings will grow around the mother plants.  Plants look 
distinctive all season long. Zones 4-8  

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