viola 2018,then 2019

[Gerdk]

Thank you Véronique!

Yes, V. pachyrhiza is quite small with very tiny flowers - the outer pot is filled with sand
(wet after watering) in order to keep the moisture longer in the small inner clay pot.
Difficult to explain in English - I hope this is halfway understandable.

Gerd

[Véronique Macrelle]

I understood.
 and in the clay pot, what subtrate you give him?

[David Nicholson]

Thank you Véronique!

Yes, V. pachyrhiza is quite small with very tiny flowers - the outer pot is filled with sand
(wet after watering) in order to keep the moisture longer in the small inner clay pot.
Difficult to explain in English - I hope this is halfway understandable.

You got it spot on Gerd

[Gerdk]

David, thank you for confirmation!

I understood.
 and in the clay pot, what subtrate you give him?

Véronique,
I use approximately 3 parts loam based soil and 1 part small (limestone) grit for smaller pots, for larger ones and woodland species
there is a standard potting mix and less grit in the mixture.

Gerd

[Gerdk]

For the first of May a bunch of violets

Viola striata   - ivory coloured
Viola canadensis - bigger and white with prominent streaks
Viola rupestris rosea - the Teesdale violet
Viola reichenbachiana - blue
Viol sororia f. priceana - the Confederate violet/ white-blue

Gerd

[Véronique Macrelle]

what is Viola rupestris rosea ? the one on the right, in profile?

[Gerdk]

No, it is the only reddish coloured one!

Gerd

[Véronique Macrelle]

a walk in the dunes of Pas de Calais and a meeting with this very pretty violet, rare here:

Viola canina var canina dunensis (finally according to my determination, do not hesitate to contradict me if necessary)

[Gerdk]

Véronique, nice species - where did you find it?

This induces me to show two pics from my sand bed

1. Viola canina alba
2. Viola palmensis - which survived unexpectedly there despite of the harsh winter - although a little bit harmed
3. the same species - but inside

Gerd

[Gerdk]

and some more

1. Viola pumila - which did not well in a sand bed but much better now in well drained calcareous soil
2. Viola hederacea Recherche Bay- seeds once received from my late Australian friend Kim Blaxland
3. Viola anagae - from the Anaga Region/Tenerife

Gerd

[Véronique Macrelle]

I found the Viola canina dunensis in the middle of a big dune massif a little sported near Stella. the violet was rather in the sunny places.

I have some of your sheaths of Viola hederacea that germinate. Is this one?

[Véronique Macrelle]

this is the first time that Viola elatior flowers here. it is 30 cm high or more; but only one stem was floriferous.

[Gerdk]

I found the Viola canina dunensis in the middle of a big dune massif a little sported near Stella. the violet was rather in the sunny places.

I have some of your sheaths of Viola hederacea that germinate. Is this one?

Thank you Véronique!

Yes, the Viola hederacea shown is the mother plant of the seeds I have sent.

Gerd

[Maggi Young]

I found this photo from "Andy's Northern Ontario Wildflowers"  on Facebook and  thought it would be of interest here


"Long-spurred Viola rostrata is distinctive because of its nectar spur on the flowers. This plant was growing in rich, moist soil of a deciduous forest, Meaford area, Ontario, close to Georgian Bay, May 13 2018."

[Paul Cumbleton]

Viola spathulata and Viola kosaninii growing in tufa and flowering now.

Paul