Re: Violets / troughs
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- Subject: Re: Violets / troughs
- From: M* T*
- Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 18:54:34 -0500
Yup, Paul....hit it right on the nose! And, considering that I
snagged that very photo and used it when I wrote about them for the
article on your nursery, I *know* my brain has turned to mush! Ack!
That was only last spring....tsk, a mind is a terrible thing to lose.
Thank you for refreshing it:-)
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Meum71@aol.com
> Date: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 3:38 AM
>
> 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.j
pg
> </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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