viola 2018,then 2019

[Véronique Macrelle]

Viola 'Silver Samourai'. it is slightly scented. my big plant is preparing this year about fifty flowers!

this small cutting was made in September 2017

[Véronique Macrelle]

big plant

[ashley]

That's exquisite Véronique

[Maggi Young]

Ohh!!! Véronique - that is wonderful!

[Gerdk]

Seems to be a good flowering species (hybrid?) of Japanese origin! Very nice!

Gerd

[Véronique Macrelle]

yes, it is  a hybrid of which one of the parents is suspected to be V. coreana, although it is much more vigorous.
it produces only malformed cleistogamous pods.

 it is associated or identical to Viola 'Dancing Geisha'.
 the foliage is very beautiful too.

[Yann]

Véronique did you get your mother plant from vert tige nursery?

[Véronique Macrelle]

no, I had it a few years ago at a plant festival (Celles in Belgium) at Nursery Mandragora.
http://kwekerijmandragora.be/

foliage in summer

[Véronique Macrelle]

Viola selkirkii fo. variegata  in the greenhouse. a miniature: 3 cm in bloom. the second photo shows the interressant foliage, later in season.

[fleurbleue]

Yann, I got mine from Thierry Delabroye ; I grow Viola chaerophylloides too, reseeding like selkirkii in all the neighbouring pots 

[Yann]

ah i didn't pay attention if he still has stock.. next visit

[Gerdk]

Just in flower

1.+ 2. a neat form of Viola alba - found near Krasno/Croatia
3. Viola jaubertiana

both inside

Gerd

[Véronique Macrelle]

How to differentiate Viola alba from Viola odorata, Gerd?
 I have some white viola mats in my garden ... not really fragrant.

I would like to be sure that it is Viola odorata

[Véronique Macrelle]

Yann, I got mine from Thierry Delabroye ; I grow Viola chaerophylloides too, reseeding like selkirkii in all the neighbouring pots 

oh, V. chareophyllum ! so why did not I manage to get it from 2017 srgc seeds? can it still germinate this spring?

[fleurbleue]

I have never tried to seed them as they do it themselves very well  , but I have often found difficult to get seedlings from Viola seeds.

"Germination Tips:
Sow immediately. The viability of these seeds is short or the species propagates best with fresh seed. Stored seed might be coaxed into germination with temperature cycling and patience."

If you get no germination, I could send fresh seeds to you in late spring, early summer ...