Viola 2019

[Gerdk]

Véronique,

I received seeds of V. papuana frequently and it turned out as a Viola diffusa variant.

The latter one is a nice plant nevertheless but not hardy outside here.

I guess the 'real' V. papuana is shown on the link here.

https://sowage.com/viola-papuana


Gerd

[Maggi Young]

and do you know Viola papuana?
 I find very little information on the internet about V papuana
 I received seeds from the srcc, and I believe that one  is germinating.

Here is the  page from its original publication ... https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11445270     - in Latin and  German. Open the  link to be able to enlarge  the page properly - but I will post an image  of it ...

[Véronique Macrelle]

thank you Maggi.
 I would have liked to know more about its culture, but I admit that the German completely baffles me

[Gerdk]

Véronique,
German does not help - there is nothing written about cultivation.
But - I still believe that your seeds are from another violet species - perhaps a V. diffusa relative.
Seeds of Viola'papuana' were distributet with an accompanying photo which shows the diffusa relative
by B & T World Seeds and sinced then the error was continued.

I'll post a pic of the wrong papuana and you will be able to compare your resulting species.

The real papuana would be great!


Gerd

[Gerdk]

This is the violet which I raised from seed wrongly labelled as Viola papuana -

plus two pics from a Viola species probably near to Viola alba from Montenegro

Gerd

[Véronique Macrelle]

merci Gerd

I will compare when they grow up, for the moment only I have 2 seedlings with 2 cotyledons..
you keep this viola strictly above 0 ° C?

the second violet is charming ..

 Gerd, my Viola cornuta from the Pyrenees sprouted in autumn, but, they do not grow much, as if they remained dwarf: leaves of a few millimeters and very thin stems: I do not understand why ...

[Gerdk]

you keep this viola strictly above 0 ° C?

Yes, I try to keep them in the plus-area. Nevertheless it can`t be excluded that in some frosty nights
temperatures get down slightly below zero.

Sorry, no idea concerning your V. cornuta.

Gerd

[Gail]

Viola odorata taking over my lawn (with my blessing!);

[Maggi Young]

A viola lawn!  How  lovely- I have a dear friend who adores violas - I must tell her about this  super idea.

[Leena]

Viola odorata taking over my lawn (with my blessing!);

So lovely! For me V.odorata is a bit shy flowering, it grows more leaves and less flowers.

[Gerdk]

Viola odorata taking over my lawn (with my blessing!);

A smart idea -it seems this species loves the competition from the grasses and mowing keep it compact -

I noticed this here in the neighborhood also!

Gerd

[Véronique Macrelle]

I just love it. some are also trying in my lawn, but I am far from this beautiful carpet ..
 the blue - flowered odorata has much larger flowers than the white - flowered odorata. it also shows a tendency to look upwards

[Véronique Macrelle]

Viola 'Heartthrob'  and Viola walteri ' Sylver Gem' become beautiful. Unfortunately, I can not reproduce in good color pictures of the viola 'Heartthob'.

[Gerdk]

Véronique,
Your violets are great!

Gerd

[Gerdk]

Viola alba is just fine today - the second picture seems to show a hybrid (alba x ?)

Gerd