viola 2020

[Véronique Macrelle]

what I think is Viola eizanensis

[Gerdk]

Nice flowers, quite early! According photos in a small Japanese booklet 'eizanensis' is ok.
Viola chaerophylloides has similar but more finely divided leaves.

Gerd

[Véronique Macrelle]

very early, yes, along with the Viola odorata

[bibliofloris]

Does anyone have growing tips for Parma violets? I grow lots of regular V. odorata, but haven’t grown Parmas before. Deep pot or wide? (They’re a little too tender for my climate, so I’ll need to overwinter them in a cool greenhouse, I think.) Add lots of grit, or not much? Fertilizer advice?

Any help appreciated!
Kelly

[WSGR]

Violas are very happy here

[Véronique Macrelle]

I don't know much, but in my opinion the violet of Parma is a horticultural descendant of Viola suavis.
what I read: it is hardy in zone 8? (-7 to -11 ° C) and likes humus and draining soil.

I'm going to put Viola like yours in my garden, WSGR; what I would like are varieties with small flowers that are sown from year to year.

when I was little, there were some in my parents' garden. They existed there without being taken care of for decades. they looked like small faces.

that with large flowers, which are often sold, are too sophisticated for my taste.

[bibliofloris]

Thanks, Véronique! I’ll see how they do.

Here’s Viola glabella, blooming now in my garden.
— Kelly

[Véronique Macrelle]

very beautiful Viola glabella!
 I think I have a germination of the srgc exchangene germination de l'échange srgc

[Philip Walker]

Viola chaerophylloides 'Beni Zuru'
Not a good photo,but the first time the flowers have opened.

[ian mcdonald]

Veronique, the native Viola tricolor is one you might like. It is usually annual with small blue, yellow and white flowers. Due to the destruction of much arable land for building and use of chemicals it is becoming rarer in the UK now.

[Véronique Macrelle]

yes, I had harvested seeds of Viola tricolor var curtisii, the variety of dunes; I managed to get them to grow and bloom, in a pot of sand, but I don't know if they'll be able to re-seed themselves.

'Beni Zuru' is magnificent, my one-year-old plant has not passed the winter, so no flowers for me, it was the only germination of the Srgc exchange. a second year that I ordered  these seeds,and I treated them at ga3! germination of stored seeds is difficult.
  fortunately my plant had time to make a few seed capsules, fresh ones! and new seedlings grow well. the leaf is also very pretty.
 is it not very rustic?

[ruweiss]

Vlola chaerophylloides Beni Zuru grows very well with me and sows around
without any problems. (Different Clones maybe?) The plant at the photo has
some damaged flowers by night frost.
I got the other plant as Viola pachyrhiza, it came from the Iran, where it
grew in company with Dionysias. For my taste it looks more than V. spathulata.
Can one of the experts help me?

[Véronique Macrelle]

I think my soil is a little too compact for Viola Beni Zuru, but by dint of seeding and having enough of it, (it sows easily from fresh seeds) I would get there ...

for the expert: wait for Gerd's visit! 
what a beauty this 2nd viola!

[Gerdk]

I got the other plant as Viola pachyrhiza, it came from the Iran, where it
grew in company with Dionysias. For my taste it looks more than V. spathulata.
Can one of the experts help me?

Not from  'the expert' who is wrong frequently but from Rechinger, Flora Iranica:
Viola spathulata normally has short and dense pubescent  leaves and clearly bearded lateral petals
while V. pachyrrhiza has only some scattered hairs on the leaves or these are nearly glabrous.
The lateral petals only with small papillalike hairs.
Viola spathulata is found only in the Elburs mountains, the other one is endemic in the Southwest of Iran.
I hope this is of some help.

Gerd

[Diane Whitehead]

I have begun making my list of seeds to look for in the next exchange, and violas will definitely be on it.