Re: Violets / troughs
Hello Dean,
You are right on the money... Dancing Geisha was the one. Each to his/her own
here, but thus far I can not really get wound up and pointed on violets....
perhaps I will change my mind on some of them as we plants the troughs around
here. We shall see.
Thanks for the clarification.
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Dean Sliger <deanslgr@juno.com>
Subject: Re: Violets / troughs
> Gene -
>
> You may be thinking of 'Dancing Geisha' which has heavily serrated leaves
> and silver veining. The leaves are the same thin-ness and consistency as
> "regular" violets. I planted this violet in a drier bed that gets full
> morning sun where there hasn't been much slug damage. It's staying more
> or less in an ever-widening clump.
>
> As Paul suggests, Marge probably saw V. koreana which has thick rounded
> leaves that look just like the leaves of many Cyclamen species. V.
> koreana is most often sold as a rock garden plant -- it likes good
> drainage.
>
> I have several different violet species and varieties, but have never
> observed any evidence of crosses between the species. The many varieties
> of V. sororia (the common "lawn" violet) -- blue, red, white, blue and
> white, the bluish-grey (or is it greyish-blue?) 'Confederate', 'Freckles'
> and so forth -- come and go, each year it seems like there's more of one
> than another. I don't interpret this as an indication of crossing, but
> simply that each year some plants bloom more than others. One would
> assume that crosses between varieties of V. sororia would usually result
> in either "wild" blue flowers or flowers inferior to either parent.
>
> Re: "sterile" clones -- don't many violets produce infertile flowers in
> the spring and then fertile, petal-less flowers in late summer/fall? I
> seem to recall reading that in one of these books here. I know with V.
> sororia I only ever see seed pods in the fall.
>
> Dean Sliger
> Warren, Michigan, USA
> Zone 6B
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